Birds to See in Italy in June
202 bird species on our list for Italy are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Common Swift, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon and Blackcap. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Dunnock, Green Sandpiper and Wood Duck.
On the move in June
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At their peak
From Italy’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 202 birds in June
202 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.24% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 3.77% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.39% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.89% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.15% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.91% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.86% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Jun
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Jun
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentUncommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentRare45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–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