Birds to See in Austria in July
188 bird species on our list for Austria are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Blackcap, European Goldfinch, Great Tit and Woodpigeon. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Dunlin, Common Snipe and European Pied Flycatcher and 12 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Austria’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 188 birds in July
188 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.69% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.10% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.08% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.00% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.66% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.09% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.77% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.65% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.56% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.54% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.46% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.44% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.22% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.19% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantRare98–120 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Jul
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
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