Birds to See in Yukon Territory in July
104 bird species on our list for Yukon Territory are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Common Raven, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Swainson's Thrush and White-crowned Sparrow. New this month: Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Sharp-shinned Hawk and Long-billed Dowitcher and 2 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Lincoln's SparrowBusiest month of the year · May–Nov
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
Northern FlickerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
From Yukon Territory’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 104 birds in July
104 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 4.63% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.31% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.60% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.57% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.33% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.14% in Jul- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 2.01% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.89% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.64% in Jul
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.53% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.48% in Jul- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.40% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.07% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.05% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.92% in Jul- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.92% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.89% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.87% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.82% in Jul- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.75% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.73% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.67% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.53% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.47% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.40% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.37% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.35% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.34% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.29% in Jul
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantCommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.04% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusScarceRare58–85 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 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