Birds to See in Georgia in August
110 bird species on our list for Georgia are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse and Ruby-throated Hummingbird. New this month: American Redstart, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Ruddy Duck and Northern Waterthrush and 9 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Cattle EgretBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
From Georgia’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 110 birds in August
110 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.99% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.76% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.90% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug- Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 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