Birds to See in British Columbia in June
164 bird species on our list for British Columbia are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, American Crow, Song Sparrow, Swainson's Thrush and Northern Flicker. New this month: Alder Flycatcher, Willet, Gray-cheeked Thrush and Bay-breasted Warbler and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From British Columbia’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 164 birds in June
164 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jun- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.21% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.91% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.62% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.34% in Jun- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.26% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.17% in Jun- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Jun
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.16% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jun
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.03% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Jun
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.23% in Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Jun
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.13% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentRare100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorRare34–44 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 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