Birds to See in Nevada in August
125 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, House Finch, Mallard, Common Raven and Rock Dove. New this month: Northern Waterthrush, Common Tern, Common Pheasant and Mute Swan and 3 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Western SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Wilson's PhalaropeBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
From Nevada’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 · 2.96% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.24% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.21% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.03% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.78% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug- Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Aug- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Aug
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.15% in Aug
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 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