Birds to See in Indiana in July
105 bird species on our list for Indiana are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Pied-billed Grebe, Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs and 10 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Indiana’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 105 birds in July
105 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.07% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.83% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.61% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.45% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.43% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.70% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.70% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.61% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.51% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.45% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–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