Birds to See in Arizona in August
117 bird species on our list for Arizona are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove, House Finch, Turkey Vulture and Gila Woodpecker. New this month: Northern Shoveler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Eurasian Teal and Nashville Warbler and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Turkey VultureBusiest month of the year · All year
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Western KingbirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropeBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Painted BuntingBusiest month of the year · Jul–Oct
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
From Arizona’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 117 birds in August
117 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Aug- Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Aug
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentCommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Aug
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.88% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.83% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Aug- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentUncommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Aug- Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
California CondorGymnogyps californianusSummer visitorRare109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentRare26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentRare14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 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