Birds to See in Louisiana in August
103 bird species on our list for Louisiana are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove, Northern Mockingbird and Great White Egret. New this month: Northern Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush and Least Flycatcher and 6 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Black TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
Stilt SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Wilson's PhalaropeBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
From Louisiana’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 103 birds in August
103 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.11% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.10% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug- Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Aug- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Aug
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusSummer visitorRare52–54 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 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