Birds to See in Japan in June
93 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
93 bird species on our list for Japan are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow, Grey Heron and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Gull-billed Tern.
New in June1
Leaving after last month40
- Dusky Thrush
- Eurasian Teal
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Brambling
- Vega Gull
- Dunlin
- Wood Sandpiper
- Sparrowhawk
- Common Snipe
- Common Gull
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Sanderling
- Common Shelduck
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Green Sandpiper
- Japanese Waxwing
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Red Knot
- Swan Goose
- Temminck's Stint
- Common Redpoll
- Curlew
- Spotted Redshank
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Common Starling
- Red-throated Loon
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Brent Goose
- Avocet
- Little Stint
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Grey Phalarope
- Hoopoe
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Common Rosefinch
- Chiffchaff
Residents
(47)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Japanese Wagtail
Motacilla grandisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(23)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly May–Aug
Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pacific Loon
Gavia pacificaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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