Birds to See in Washington in July
142 bird species on our list for Washington are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, American Crow, Song Sparrow, House Finch and Barn Swallow. New this month: Fox Sparrow, Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper and Red-necked Grebe and 20 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Washington’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 142 birds in July
142 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.97% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.91% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.62% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.08% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.89% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.42% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.34% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Jul
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWinter visitorRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 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