Birds to See in Turks & Caicos Islands in August
25 bird species on our list for Turks & Caicos Islands are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove, Ruddy Turnstone and Least Sandpiper. New this month: Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs and 7 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
Leaving soon
From Turks & Caicos Islands’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 25 birds in August
25 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.50% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.46% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.16% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.11% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.64% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.64% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.58% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.52% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.52% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.41% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.35% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Northern Mockingbird 21–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Mourning Dove 23–34 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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