Birds to See in Czechia in August
192 bird species on our list for Czechia are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, Great Tit, House Martin and Great Spotted Woodpecker. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Ringed Plover, Little Stint and Northern Pintail and 11 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Czechia’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 192 birds in August
192 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 3.84% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.24% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.87% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.64% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.34% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.75% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.48% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.35% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.04% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.59% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.51% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.46% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.03% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.00% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 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