Birds to See in Wyoming in August
132 bird species on our list for Wyoming are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Common Raven, Canada Goose, Northern Flicker and Mourning Dove. New this month: Hooded Merganser, Merlin, Clay-colored Sparrow and Northern Saw-whet Owl and 7 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Wyoming’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 132 birds in August
132 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.72% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.57% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.54% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.40% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.25% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.19% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.16% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.01% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.94% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.91% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.89% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.88% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.56% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.40% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.30% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Aug (protected)
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug · 0.00% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Aug
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · records held back in Aug (protected)
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly May–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