Birds to See in Arizona in July
108 bird species on our list for Arizona are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove, House Finch, Turkey Vulture and Gila Woodpecker. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Western Sandpiper and Sand Martin and 13 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Arizona’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 108 birds in July
108 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jul
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentCommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.75% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.72% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentUncommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jul
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentRare14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
California CondorGymnogyps californianusSummer visitorRare109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentRare26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 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