Birds to See in Tunisia in August
53 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
53 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Great Grey Shrike, Eurasian Collared Dove and Yellow-legged Gull. New this month: European Robin, Serin, Common Sandpiper and Cattle Egret and 24 more.
New in August28
- European Robin
- Serin
- Common Sandpiper
- Cattle Egret
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Little Stint
- Little Ringed Plover
- Greenshank
- Common Shelduck
- Mallard
- Booted Eagle
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Ringed Plover
- Green Sandpiper
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Spotted Redshank
- Avocet
- Common Tern
- Dunlin
- Grey Plover
- Wood Sandpiper
- Curlew
- Ruff
- Common Kingfisher
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Black Tern
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Great Tit
Residents
(13)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Winter visitors
(15)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Aug
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–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