Birds to See in Alabama in August
114 bird species on our list for Alabama are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird and Ruby-throated Hummingbird. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, American Redstart, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Black-throated Green Warbler and 12 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Sandwich TernBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Black TernBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Alabama’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 114 birds in August
114 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.59% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.19% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.71% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.86% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.53% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.40% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug- Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 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