Birds to See in Louisiana in July
95 bird species on our list for Louisiana are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Mourning Dove and American Crow. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper and Solitary Sandpiper and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Louisiana’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 95 birds in July
95 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.76% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.41% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.22% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.76% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.51% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusSummer visitorRare52–54 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Jan–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