Birds to See in Nebraska in August
125 bird species on our list for Nebraska are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, Barn Swallow, American Robin, Blue Jay and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal, Northern Pintail and Nashville Warbler and 19 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Feb
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
From Nebraska’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 125 birds in August
125 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.04% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.47% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Aug- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 2.02% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.84% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.48% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.30% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.07% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.97% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.96% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.94% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.76% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.50% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Aug- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Aug- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorRare58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 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