Birds to See in Oregon in July
137 bird species on our list for Oregon are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, American Crow, Northern Flicker and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope and Long-billed Dowitcher and 14 more.
On the move in July
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At their peak
From Oregon’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 137 birds in July
137 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.87% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.83% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.70% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.11% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.99% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.44% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.30% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Jul
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 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