Birds to See in Ontario in June
152 bird species on our list for Ontario are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle and American Crow. New this month: Fox Sparrow, Hudsonian Godwit, Pacific Loon and Western Kingbird and 2 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
OvenbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
VeeryBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Ontario’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 152 birds in June
152 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.12% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.33% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.81% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jun- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.10% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jun- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.89% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.70% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.35% in Jun- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.34% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.28% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.23% in Jun- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.19% in Jun
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.14% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.86% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.84% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun- VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.82% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.81% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.55% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.50% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.43% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.30% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.28% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.12% in Jun
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorCommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.00% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorRare30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–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