Birds to See in New Jersey in August
141 bird species on our list for New Jersey are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, Gray Catbird, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay and American Robin. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Magnolia Warbler, Northern Shoveler and Pied-billed Grebe and 20 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
OspreyBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Great White EgretBusiest month of the year · All year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
From New Jersey’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 141 birds in August
141 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 2.53% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.85% in Aug- OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.79% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug- Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.39% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.06% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.99% in Aug
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.99% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.87% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.79% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.79% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.70% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.44% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.29% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.14% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.06% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.06% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 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