Birds to See in Colombia in August
69 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
69 bird species on our list for Colombia are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Roadside Hawk, Cattle Egret, Turkey Vulture and Crimson-backed Tanager. New this month: Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Purple Martin and Wilson's Phalarope and 3 more.
New in August7
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(38)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Golden Tanager
Tangara aurulentaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosaLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Ammodramus aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Stygian Owl
Asio stygiusLC
Recorded all year
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanopteraLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Regularly Jul–May
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
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