Birds to See in British Columbia in July
171 bird species on our list for British Columbia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, American Crow, Song Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing and Northern Flicker. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope and Long-billed Dowitcher and 10 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From British Columbia’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 171 birds in July
171 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.94% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Dec · 2.26% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.09% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.44% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.09% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.96% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.93% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.23% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jul
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.15% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentRare100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorRare34–44 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Jul
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 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