Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in August
76 bird species on our list for St Pierre & Miquelon are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Greater Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, American Herring Gull, Semipalmated Plover and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Common Loon, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Barn Swallow and Red-breasted Nuthatch and 9 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneBusiest month of the year · Jul–Nov
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · Jul–Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Oct
Grey PloverBusiest month of the year · Jul–Feb
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · May
From St Pierre & Miquelon’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 76 birds in August
76 birds
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 4.49% in Aug
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 3.91% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Aug- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 3.64% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Aug- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 2.48% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.45% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 2.36% in Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.19% in Aug- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 2.19% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 2.16% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 2.11% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.99% in Aug- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.97% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.77% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.51% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.38% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.36% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.34% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 1.34% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.31% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.14% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.02% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.00% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.92% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.80% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.78% in Aug
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.75% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.56% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.49% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.49% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.44% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.41% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.39% in Aug
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.36% in Aug
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureusSummer visitorCommon12–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.34% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% 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