Birds to See in Florida in August
120 bird species on our list for Florida are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue Jay and Northern Mockingbird. New this month: American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush and Northern Yellow Warbler and 15 more.
On the move in August
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At their peak
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From Florida’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 120 birds in August
120 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.84% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.65% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisResidentCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusResidentRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusResidentRare30–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Dec · 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