Birds to See in Tennessee in July
97 bird species on our list for Tennessee are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Robin, American Crow and Northern Mockingbird. New this month: Solitary Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs and 13 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Purple MartinBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Cattle EgretBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Western KingbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
From Tennessee’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 97 birds in July
97 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.89% in Jul- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.88% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.97% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul- Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.80% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.77% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul- Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.05% in Jul- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorRare45–53 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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