Birds to See in Idaho in August
133 bird species on our list for Idaho are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, American Robin, Barn Swallow, Mallard and House Finch. New this month: Hooded Merganser, Merlin, American Herring Gull and Blue Jay and 7 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Idaho’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 133 birds in August
133 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.89% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.59% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.25% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.05% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.98% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.67% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.48% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Aug
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresScarceRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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