Birds to See in Nova Scotia in July
146 bird species on our list for Nova Scotia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Crow, American Robin, American Herring Gull and Common Yellowthroat. New this month: Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and Greater Yellowlegs and 16 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Nova Scotia’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 146 birds in July
146 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.85% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.34% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.07% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.59% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.32% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.30% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.19% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.19% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.11% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.11% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.10% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.08% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.99% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.98% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.87% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.80% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.78% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.78% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.77% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.68% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.66% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.63% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.62% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.58% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.50% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.43% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.36% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentUncommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.14% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.14% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.14% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.13% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.13% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.12% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.12% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorRare17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorRare58–65 cmRegularly Apr–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