Birds to See in Newfoundland and Labrador in July
128 bird species on our list for Newfoundland and Labrador are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, American Herring Gull, American Crow, Northern Yellow Warbler and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Semipalmated Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Lesser Yellowlegs and Grey Plover and 14 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Newfoundland and Labrador’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 128 birds in July
128 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 5.35% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.79% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.30% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.16% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.97% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.75% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.63% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.63% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.48% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.46% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.45% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.30% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.22% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.16% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.01% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.95% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.91% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.90% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.90% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.77% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.75% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.64% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon10–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.35% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.34% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.28% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorUncommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusScarceUncommon85–105 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaResidentRare34–36 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentRare46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jun–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