Birds to See in Massachusetts in July
135 bird species on our list for Massachusetts are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Gray Catbird and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Sanderling and 16 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Massachusetts’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 135 birds in July
135 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Jan · 3.03% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.35% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.60% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.54% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.45% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.21% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.00% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.87% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.84% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.68% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.52% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.42% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.10% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 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