Birds to See in Utah in August
131 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, Barn Swallow, House Finch, Common Raven and American Robin. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Northern Pintail, Bonaparte's Gull and Nashville Warbler and 6 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Utah’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 131 birds in August
131 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.42% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.48% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.35% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.09% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.87% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.24% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Aug
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Aug
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Aug (protected)
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 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