Birds to See in Slovenia in August
180 bird species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Grey Heron, Mallard, Woodpigeon and Great Tit. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Reed Bunting, Gadwall and Garganey and 20 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · All year
Common KingfisherBusiest month of the year · All year
GreenshankBusiest month of the year · All year
Wood SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
European Bee-eaterBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Sedge WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
From Slovenia’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 180 birds in August
180 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.08% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.82% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.65% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
- GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug- Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.17% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.78% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.78% in Aug- European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Aug
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.74% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.69% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.58% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.54% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.49% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.28% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.20% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May–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