Birds to See in Rhode Island in July
103 bird species on our list for Rhode Island are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, Gray Catbird, American Robin, American Herring Gull and Osprey. New this month: Lesser Yellowlegs, Forster's Tern, Solitary Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Rhode Island’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 103 birds in July
103 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.71% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.22% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.01% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.51% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.37% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.36% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.25% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.17% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.93% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.91% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.85% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.73% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.72% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.71% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.58% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.52% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.48% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.29% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.28% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.14% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 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