Birds to See in Saskatchewan in July
149 bird species on our list for Saskatchewan are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, American Crow, Mourning Dove and House Sparrow. New this month: Downy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Evening Grosbeak and Least Sandpiper and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Saskatchewan’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 149 birds in July
149 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.23% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.77% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.44% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.11% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.09% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.06% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.90% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.89% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.75% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.58% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.49% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.39% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.29% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.21% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.05% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.99% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.90% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.87% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.76% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.76% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.73% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.65% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.60% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.54% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.51% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.46% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.43% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.42% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.42% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare100–125 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaScarceRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly May–Jul · 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