Birds to See in Alberta in July
151 bird species on our list for Alberta are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, American Crow, Cedar Waxwing and Mallard. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Baird's Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Alberta’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 151 birds in July
151 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.89% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.23% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.85% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.70% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.52% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.20% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.20% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.97% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.87% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.81% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.76% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.71% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.68% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.67% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.65% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.44% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.41% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.27% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.22% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorUncommon8–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorRare17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRegularly Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorRare100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.00% 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