Birds to See in Slovakia in August
177 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, House Martin, Great Tit and Buzzard. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Ringed Plover, European Pied Flycatcher and Northern Pintail and 13 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Slovakia’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 177 birds in August
177 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.85% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.74% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.68% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.57% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.43% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.43% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.39% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.37% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.35% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.22% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.99% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.93% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.71% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.66% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.61% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.46% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.44% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.40% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.14% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 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