Birds to See in Serbia in August
168 bird species on our list for Serbia are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Great Tit. New this month: Wood Warbler, Willow Warbler, Common Crane and Little Stint and 8 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Red-backed ShrikeBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Little EgretBusiest month of the year · Apr–Dec
European Bee-eaterBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Squacco HeronBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Nov–Sep
Wood SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
From Serbia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 168 birds in August
168 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.04% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.82% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Aug- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.25% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug- Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.66% in Aug
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.59% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.23% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Aug
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.02% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.99% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug- Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.73% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.73% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.58% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.47% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.34% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.27% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 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