Birds to See in Japan in July
89 bird species on our list for Japan are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow, Grey Heron and Rock Dove. New this month: Greenshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Wood Sandpiper and Pacific Golden-Plover and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Japan’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 89 birds in July
89 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 6.14% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 4.56% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandisResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.38% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentRare24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.00% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 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