Birds to See in Delaware in July
106 bird species on our list for Delaware are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Red-winged Blackbird, Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, American Robin and Osprey. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Peregrine Falcon, Bobolink and Western Sandpiper and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Delaware’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 106 birds in July
106 birds
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.08% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.04% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.79% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.74% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.44% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.22% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.03% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.92% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.89% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.88% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.80% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.58% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.26% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.25% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–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