Birds to See in Romania in August
192 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Red-backed Shrike, Rock Dove and Magpie. New this month: European Pied Flycatcher, Osprey, Red-crested Pochard and Sanderling and 17 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Romania’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
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.90% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.83% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.61% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.37% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.13% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.98% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.87% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.57% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.53% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.47% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.41% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.32% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Aug
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.03% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScarceRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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