Birds to See in Romania in August
192 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in August21
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(62)Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(84)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(27)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly May–Aug
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Dotterel
Eudromias morinellusLC
Regularly Aug
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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