Birds to See in Alberta in June
150 bird species on our list for Alberta are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, American Crow, Northern Yellow Warbler and Mallard. New this month: Eastern Bluebird, Black-billed Cuckoo, Red-headed Woodpecker and Western Screech-owl.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Clay-colored SparrowBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Least FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Western MeadowlarkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Alberta’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 150 birds in June
150 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.99% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.29% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.93% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.66% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.52% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.39% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.34% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.31% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.89% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.86% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.79% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.77% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.76% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.75% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.75% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.66% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.64% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.57% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.56% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.55% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jun
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jun
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.52% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.52% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.47% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.36% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.31% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Jun
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.20% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.18% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.18% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Jun
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorUncommon8–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorRare17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorRare100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Jun · 0.01% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisScarceRare16–21 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiPassage migrantRare19–25 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
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

