Birds to See in Prince Edward Island in July
105 bird species on our list for Prince Edward Island are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Crow, American Robin, Common Yellowthroat and Blue Jay. New this month: Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs and 11 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Prince Edward Island’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
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.36% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.17% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.49% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.25% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.22% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.09% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.89% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.73% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.68% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.34% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.22% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.22% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.21% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.98% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.95% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.91% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.87% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.84% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.81% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.81% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.78% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.73% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.64% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.52% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.13% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–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