Birds to See in Suriname in August
25 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
25 bird species on our list for Suriname are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Turkey Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Lineated Woodpecker and Cattle Egret. New this month: Barn Swallow, Solitary Sandpiper, Scarlet Macaw and Rock Dove and 2 more.
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(6)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–Apr
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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