Birds to See in New Brunswick in July
144 bird species on our list for New Brunswick are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Song Sparrow, American Robin, American Herring Gull and Cedar Waxwing. New this month: Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and Greater Yellowlegs and 14 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From New Brunswick’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 144 birds in July
144 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 2.31% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.15% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.58% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.52% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.48% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.38% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.37% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.10% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.06% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.01% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.99% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.92% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.86% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.81% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.71% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.69% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.57% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.57% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.40% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.38% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.30% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.09% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 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