Birds to See in Switzerland in July
175 bird species on our list for Switzerland are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Common Swift and Woodpigeon. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Yellow Wagtail and Garganey and 8 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Switzerland’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 175 birds in July
175 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.95% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.75% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.07% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.43% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.87% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.51% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentRare39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantRare98–120 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 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