Birds to See in Kentucky in July
85 bird species on our list for Kentucky are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs and 10 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Kentucky’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 85 birds in July
85 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.37% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.04% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.68% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.35% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.31% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 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