Birds to See in Switzerland in August
186 bird species on our list for Switzerland are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Great Tit and Mallard. New this month: Northern Shoveler, European Pied Flycatcher, Dunlin and Black-necked Grebe and 16 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Switzerland’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 186 birds in August
186 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.68% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.10% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.04% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.80% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.61% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.60% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.36% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Aug
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantRare98–120 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% 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