Birds to See in Ukraine in August
188 bird species on our list for Ukraine are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Great Tit, Woodpigeon, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Hooded Crow. New this month: Goldcrest, Meadow Pipit, Goldeneye and Hen Harrier and 17 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
European Bee-eaterBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Western Marsh-harrierBusiest month of the year · Dec–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Yellow WagtailBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Wood SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
From Ukraine’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 188 birds in August
188 birds
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.17% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.01% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.01% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.67% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug- European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.64% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.64% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug- Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.36% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.23% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.23% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.18% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.11% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.99% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug- Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.56% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.49% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.46% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.07% in Aug
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantRare50–71 cmRegularly Aug · 0.04% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantRare120–145 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% 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