Birds to See in Greece in June
174 bird species on our list for Greece are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow and Yellow-legged Gull. New this month: Black Redstart, Water Pipit, Stock Dove and Eurasian Woodcock and 2 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Greece’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 174 birds in June
174 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.44% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.17% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.11% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.32% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.18% in Jun
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.16% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.04% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.90% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Jun
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.49% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jun
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.26% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.15% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jun
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiSummer visitorUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentRare98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Jun
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.01% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 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