Birds to See in Cayman Islands in August
39 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, White-winged Dove, Barn Swallow, Least Sandpiper and Northern Flicker. New this month: Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart, Sand Martin and Sanderling and 1 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Cayman Islands’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 39 birds in August
39 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.09% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.17% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.58% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.51% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.24% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% 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