Birds to See in Prince Edward Island in June
97 bird species on our list for Prince Edward Island are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Crow, American Robin, Northern Yellow Warbler and Common Grackle. New this month: Bonaparte's Gull, Kittiwake and Black-billed Cuckoo.
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
Magnolia WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Prince Edward Island’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 97 birds in June
97 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.98% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.61% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Jun- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.94% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.88% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jun- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.53% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.52% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jun- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.81% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.57% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.55% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.39% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.28% in Jun- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.25% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.21% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.19% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.14% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.92% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.77% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.75% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.71% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.59% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.31% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.30% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.18% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.16% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.15% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.12% in Jun
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.10% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% 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