Birds to See in Texas in July
118 bird species on our list for Texas are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove and Barn Swallow. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Flycatcher and Long-billed Dowitcher and 10 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Texas’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 118 birds in July
118 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.29% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.56% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.44% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.39% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.12% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.47% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 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