Birds to See in Vermont in July
108 bird species on our list for Vermont are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, American Crow, Blue Jay and Common Yellowthroat. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs and Greater Yellowlegs and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Vermont’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 108 birds in July
108 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.31% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.64% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.44% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.31% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.64% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.58% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.39% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.23% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.22% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.14% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.04% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.95% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.95% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.91% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.90% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.88% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.82% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.79% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.53% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.27% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–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