Birds to See in Manitoba in July
168 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Red-winged Blackbird, American Robin, Song Sparrow, American Crow and Northern Yellow Warbler. New this month: Red Crossbill, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Long-billed Dowitcher and Buff-breasted Sandpiper.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Song SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Clay-colored SparrowBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Marsh WrenBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
From Manitoba’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 168 birds in July
168 birds
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.03% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.92% in Jul- Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.58% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.13% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.97% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.95% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.77% in Jul- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.59% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.50% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.43% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.42% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.31% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.21% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.20% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.09% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.01% in Jul- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.00% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.75% in Jul- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.71% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.67% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.66% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.61% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.58% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.58% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.56% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.38% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.34% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.33% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.32% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.30% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.24% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 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