Birds to See in North Dakota in July
121 bird species on our list for North Dakota are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird, American Robin, Western Meadowlark and Common Grackle. New this month: Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper and Red Crossbill and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From North Dakota’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 121 birds in July
121 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.59% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.19% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.12% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.00% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.82% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.61% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.58% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.57% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.50% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.29% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.19% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.08% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.93% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.79% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.77% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.73% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.66% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.65% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.64% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.61% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.48% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.48% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.45% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.42% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.40% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.23% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesSummer visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 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