Birds to See in Colorado in July
128 bird species on our list for Colorado are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, House Finch, Mourning Dove, Northern Flicker and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Greater Yellowlegs, Franklin's Gull and Lesser Yellowlegs and 11 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Lincoln's SparrowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Hermit ThrushBusiest month of the year · Apr–Dec
Red-naped SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronBusiest month of the year · All year
Williamson's SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · All year
From Colorado’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 128 birds in July
128 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.54% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.28% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.23% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.12% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.62% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.51% in Jul- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.50% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul- Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul- Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul- American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisWinter visitorRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.00% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorRare17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 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