Birds to See in Oklahoma in July
94 bird species on our list for Oklahoma are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Crow, Northern Mockingbird and House Sparrow. New this month: Pied-billed Grebe, Greater Yellowlegs, Upland Sandpiper and Least Flycatcher and 18 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Oklahoma’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 94 birds in July
94 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.89% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.30% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.98% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.66% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.59% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.46% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.08% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.05% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.02% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.87% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jul
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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