Birds to See in Nevada in July
125 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, House Finch, American Robin, Common Raven and Mallard. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Western Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher and 15 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Hairy WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · All year
Red CrossbillBusiest month of the year · All year
Lewis's WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · Jan–Feb
Williamson's SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jan
Marbled GodwitBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Black TernBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Nevada’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 125 birds in July
125 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.35% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.06% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.66% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.60% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul- Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.19% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Jul- Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul- Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 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