Birds to See in Michigan in July
133 bird species on our list for Michigan are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, American Black Duck and Solitary Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Michigan’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 133 birds in July
133 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.03% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.92% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.70% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.65% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.51% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.44% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.29% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.94% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.88% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.79% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.72% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.62% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.61% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.26% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 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