Birds to See in Yukon Territory in August
107 bird species on our list for Yukon Territory are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Robin, White-crowned Sparrow and Bald Eagle. New this month: Snow Bunting, Lapland Longspur, Rough-legged Hawk and Iceland Gull and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Yukon Territory’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 107 birds in August
107 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.69% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.52% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 2.29% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.98% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.97% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.80% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.64% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.35% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.33% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.31% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.20% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.19% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.17% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.11% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.10% in Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.97% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.95% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.95% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.86% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.86% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantCommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.81% in Aug
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.80% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.74% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.74% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.63% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.58% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.57% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.52% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.49% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.39% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.38% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.37% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.36% in Aug
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Aug
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.04% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentUncommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 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