Birds to See in Washington in August
154 bird species on our list for Washington are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Barn Swallow, Song Sparrow, American Robin and House Finch. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Horned Grebe, Northern Pintail and Greater Scaup and 14 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Washington’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 154 birds in August
154 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.25% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.74% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.86% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.75% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.30% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWinter visitorRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–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