Birds to See in Georgia in July
103 bird species on our list for Georgia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay and Northern Mockingbird. New this month: Pied-billed Grebe, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper and Solitary Sandpiper and 8 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Georgia’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 103 birds in July
103 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 5.14% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.08% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.30% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.02% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 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