Birds to See in Minnesota in July
129 bird species on our list for Minnesota are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, American Crow and Blue Jay. New this month: Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs and Solitary Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
From Minnesota’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 129 birds in July
129 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.04% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.02% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.46% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.97% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.85% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.75% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.48% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.17% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.03% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.02% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.98% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.98% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.91% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.88% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.83% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.81% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.79% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.70% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.64% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.51% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.50% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.37% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorRare58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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