Birds to See in Texas in August
135 bird species on our list for Texas are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove, Northern Mockingbird and Blue Jay. New this month: Northern Yellow Warbler, Ring-billed Gull, Northern Shoveler and Northern Flicker and 16 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Black TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Western SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
From Texas’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 135 birds in August
135 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.98% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.16% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.96% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.56% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.27% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 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

