Birds to See in New York in August
158 bird species on our list for New York are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, American Robin and Gray Catbird. New this month: Northern Shoveler, Cape May Warbler, Tennessee Warbler and Northern Pintail and 14 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
OspreyBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Great White EgretBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
From New York’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 158 birds in August
158 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.87% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.70% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug- OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.46% in Aug
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.42% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug- Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.02% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.90% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.86% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.65% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.40% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.18% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentRare19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 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