Birds to See in India in August
128 bird species on our list for India are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Indian Peafowl, House Sparrow and Scaly-breasted Munia. New this month: Grey Wagtail, Garganey, Pacific Golden-Plover and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 11 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From India’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 128 birds in August
128 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentCommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisResidentCommon22–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Aug
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Aug
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusResidentUncommon25–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantRare30–34 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentRare14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Aug
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentRare10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentRare34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentRare32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentRare58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterResidentRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentRare37–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentRare27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Black-bellied TernSterna acuticaudaPassage migrantRare32–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.00% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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