Birds to See in Missouri in August
115 bird species on our list for Missouri are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Northern Shoveler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Least Flycatcher and Common Loon and 16 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Great White EgretBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
From Missouri’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 115 birds in August
115 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.80% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.03% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug- Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.33% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.67% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.54% in Aug
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.42% in Aug- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly May–Feb · 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