Birds to See in Pennsylvania in July
116 bird species on our list for Pennsylvania are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Song Sparrow, Gray Catbird and Mourning Dove. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Great Black-backed Gull and 9 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Pennsylvania’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 116 birds in July
116 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.37% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.46% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.84% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.77% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.69% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.14% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.72% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.42% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.38% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.37% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 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