Birds to See in Ohio in July
111 bird species on our list for Ohio are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Song Sparrow, Mourning Dove and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Bonaparte's Gull, Ruddy Duck, Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper and 13 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Ohio’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
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.10% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.07% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.54% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.41% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.10% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.00% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.87% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.79% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.62% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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