Birds to See in Cayman Islands in July
34 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, White-winged Dove, Northern Flicker, Great White Egret and Pied-billed Grebe. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Purple Martin, Pectoral Sandpiper and Semipalmated Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulFrom Cayman Islands’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 34 birds in July
34 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 5.18% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 5.08% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.02% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.14% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% 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