Birds to See in Utah in July
124 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Mourning Dove, House Finch, Common Raven and Barn Swallow. New this month: Western Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper and Solitary Sandpiper and 10 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Western KingbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Hermit ThrushBusiest month of the year · All year
Lincoln's SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Red CrossbillBusiest month of the year · All year
From Utah’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 124 birds in July
124 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.00% in Jul- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.82% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.58% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.20% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.14% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Jul- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
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