Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in August
71 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
71 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 Cape May Warbler and 8 more.
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristataLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodiaLC
Recorded all year
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
American Robin
Turdus migratoriusLC
Recorded all year
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgianaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Dec
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly May–Oct
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly May–Oct
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly May–Dec
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendulaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly May–Dec
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly May–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(25)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jun–Sep
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Jul–Nov
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly May–Oct
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–Oct
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Aug–Oct
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
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