Birds to See in Northwest Territories in July
105 bird species on our list for Northwest Territories are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Lincoln's Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler and American Robin. New this month: Red Crossbill and Long-billed Dowitcher.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulAt their peak
Lincoln's SparrowBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Bonaparte's GullBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Red-necked GrebeBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Arctic TernBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
Swamp SparrowBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Northwest Territories’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 105 birds in July
105 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Jul- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.99% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.72% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.58% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.46% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.46% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.38% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.28% in Jul- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.13% in Jul
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.12% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.79% in Jul- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.76% in Jul
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.71% in Jul
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.70% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSummer visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.63% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.57% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.57% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.49% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.45% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.42% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.40% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.23% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.16% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.09% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.98% in Jul
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.87% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.78% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.70% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.67% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.63% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.59% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.36% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.34% in Jul
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.27% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.26% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.21% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.15% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusSummer visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.15% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorCommon46–63 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 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