Birds to See in Idaho in July
125 bird species on our list for Idaho are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, Northern Yellow Warbler and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Western Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Least Sandpiper and Baird's Sandpiper and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Western KingbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Jan
Williamson's SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · May–Dec
From Idaho’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 125 birds in July
125 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.87% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.48% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.26% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.19% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.90% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.78% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.49% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jul- Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul- Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Jul- American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumScarceRare13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Sep · 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