Birds to See in Nebraska in July
111 bird species on our list for Nebraska are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Barn Swallow and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs and Swamp Sparrow and 9 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Nebraska’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 111 birds in July
111 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.66% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.85% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.38% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.37% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.71% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.69% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.55% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.47% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.45% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.17% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.03% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorRare58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentRare64–79 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 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