Birds to See in Prince Edward Island in August
113 bird species on our list for Prince Edward Island are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Herring Gull, Song Sparrow, Ring-billed Gull and Great Blue Heron. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Dunlin and Northern Pintail and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Prince Edward Island’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 113 birds in August
113 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.22% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 3.03% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 2.78% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.60% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.07% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 2.01% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.98% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.64% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.55% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.48% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.45% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.41% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.29% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.04% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.02% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.00% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.98% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.94% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.65% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.60% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.58% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.52% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.43% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug · 0.01% 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