Birds to See in Czechia in July
182 bird species on our list for Czechia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Barn Swallow and Blackcap. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Greenshank and Ruff and 9 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Red-backed ShrikeBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Common Reed-warblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Common TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
European Turtle-doveBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
From Czechia’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 182 birds in July
182 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 3.80% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.92% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.65% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.43% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.23% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.20% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.41% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.20% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.18% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.01% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.91% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul- Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.76% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jul- Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.49% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul- European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.16% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly May–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