Birds to See in Saskatchewan in August
148 bird species on our list for Saskatchewan are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Robin, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove and Barn Swallow. New this month: Orange-crowned Warbler, Palm Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler and American Golden-Plover and 2 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Cedar WaxwingBusiest month of the year · Jan–Feb
Franklin's GullBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Saskatchewan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 148 birds in August
148 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.16% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.24% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.21% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.12% in Aug- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 2.11% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.03% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.47% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.21% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.20% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.01% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.97% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.97% in Aug- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.96% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.95% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.92% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.91% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.88% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.79% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.78% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Aug- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.67% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.56% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.54% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.51% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.47% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.41% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.35% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.34% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.32% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.32% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.23% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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