Birds to See in Connecticut in July
111 bird species on our list for Connecticut are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Gray Catbird, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal and Mourning Dove. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Connecticut’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 111 birds in July
111 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 3.12% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.80% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.70% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.36% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.32% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.08% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.04% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.76% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.57% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.36% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisScarceRare43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
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