Birds to See in Pennsylvania in August
137 bird species on our list for Pennsylvania are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Gray Catbird and American Robin. New this month: American Black Duck, Cape May Warbler, Sharp-shinned Hawk and Eurasian Teal and 19 more.
On the move in August
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At their peak
From Pennsylvania’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 137 birds in August
137 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.61% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.91% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.81% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.12% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.70% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.70% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.45% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.23% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Aug–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