Birds to See in Newfoundland and Labrador in August
135 bird species on our list for Newfoundland and Labrador are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Herring Gull, American Crow, American Robin, Greater Yellowlegs and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Sanderling, Eurasian Wigeon, Dunlin and Orange-crowned Warbler and 8 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Newfoundland and Labrador’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 135 birds in August
135 birds
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.70% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 3.05% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.81% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.39% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.92% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.65% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.55% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 1.45% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.30% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.16% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.15% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.11% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.82% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.81% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.81% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.80% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.80% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.80% in Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.77% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.76% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.65% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.57% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.57% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.51% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.46% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.45% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.33% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.32% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.21% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon10–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in Aug
Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusScarceUncommon85–105 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorUncommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaResidentRare34–36 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentRare46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made