Birds to See in Arkansas in August
104 bird species on our list for Arkansas are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, American Crow, Mourning Dove and Ruby-throated Hummingbird. New this month: Ruddy Duck, Northern Yellow Warbler, Least Flycatcher and Sharp-shinned Hawk and 12 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Great White EgretBusiest month of the year · All year
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Leaving soon
From Arkansas’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 104 birds in August
104 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.61% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Aug- Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.33% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Aug- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.44% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 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