Birds to See in Virginia in July
122 bird species on our list for Virginia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Crow, American Robin and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, American Black Duck, Least Sandpiper and Solitary Sandpiper and 8 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Virginia’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 122 birds in July
122 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.18% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.51% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.32% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.12% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.94% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 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