Birds to See in Arkansas in July
91 bird species on our list for Arkansas are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Crow, Blue Jay and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Pied-billed Grebe, Least Sandpiper, Gadwall and Pectoral Sandpiper and 22 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Arkansas’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 91 birds in July
91 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.69% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.21% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.83% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.37% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.89% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.81% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.80% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–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