Birds to See in Missouri in July
96 bird species on our list for Missouri are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Robin, Blue Jay and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Pied-billed Grebe, Least Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper and 13 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
DickcisselBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Purple MartinBusiest month of the year · Mar–Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Western KingbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Lark SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Leaving soon
From Missouri’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 96 birds in July
96 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.47% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.04% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.94% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.30% in Jul
- DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.06% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jul- Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.88% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.82% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.59% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jul- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 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