Birds to See in Greece in July
183 bird species on our list for Greece are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow and Yellow-legged Gull. New this month: Little Stint, Dunlin, Grey Plover and Common Snipe and 10 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Greece’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 183 birds in July
183 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.16% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.89% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.07% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.96% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.61% in Jul
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.16% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.06% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.99% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.62% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.48% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiSummer visitorUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentRare98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 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