Birds to See in Nova Scotia in June
128 bird species on our list for Nova Scotia are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Robin, American Crow, Northern Yellow Warbler and Common Yellowthroat. New this month: Great Shearwater, Ruddy Duck, Manx Shearwater and Black Tern and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Alder FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
OvenbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Hermit ThrushBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
From Nova Scotia’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 128 birds in June
128 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Jun- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.53% in Jun
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.53% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.13% in Jun- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.09% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jun- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.80% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.72% in Jun- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.72% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.47% in Jun- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.32% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.28% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.20% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.96% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.93% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.90% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.86% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.80% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.80% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.74% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.68% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.42% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.36% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentUncommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.06% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorRare17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorRare58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRegularly Dec–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