Birds to See in New York in July
147 bird species on our list for New York are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Gray Catbird and Mourning Dove. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Ruddy Duck, Eurasian Teal and Lesser Yellowlegs and 12 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From New York’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 147 birds in July
147 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.83% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.81% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.79% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.46% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.00% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.91% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.72% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.49% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.45% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.36% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.30% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentRare19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jul · 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