Birds to See in Montana in July
143 bird species on our list for Montana are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Yellow Warbler, Red-winged Blackbird, Cedar Waxwing and Northern Flicker. New this month: Goldeneye, Greater Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs and 11 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Red-naped SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Hermit ThrushBusiest month of the year · May–Nov
Pacific WrenBusiest month of the year · All year
From Montana’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 143 birds in July
143 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.05% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.90% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.47% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.39% in Jul- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.23% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.17% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.98% in Jul- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.93% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.66% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.58% in Jul- Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.56% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jul- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.32% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.24% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.22% in Jul- Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.15% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisPassage migrantRare7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 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