Birds to See in Oklahoma in August
112 bird species on our list for Oklahoma are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Crow, Blue Jay and Ruby-throated Hummingbird. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Northern Shoveler, Northern Yellow Warbler and Franklin's Gull and 18 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Great White EgretBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Cattle EgretBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Upland SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Black TernBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
From Oklahoma’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 112 birds in August
112 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.38% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug- Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.20% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.83% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.52% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.98% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Aug- Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Aug- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug- Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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