Birds to See in Alabama in July
99 bird species on our list for Alabama are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs and Solitary Sandpiper and 12 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Alabama’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 99 birds in July
99 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.87% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.05% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.49% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.76% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.67% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jul
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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