Birds to See in China in June
190 bird species on our list for China are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Cuckoo and Little Egret. New this month: Common Merganser, Tufted Duck, Vega Gull and Goldeneye and 12 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From China’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 190 birds in June
190 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.35% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.54% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.17% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorUncommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Jun
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiaeSummer visitorUncommon100–120 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.07% in Jun
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Jun
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.07% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusSummer visitorUncommon90–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Jun
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorRare34–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorRare32–34 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Vega GullLarus vegaeWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentRare31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiSummer visitorRare100–210 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorRare10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorRare26–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorRare40–42 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorRare23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Jun
FieldfareTurdus pilarisSummer visitorRare22–27 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly May–Jan · 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