Birds to See in Japan in June
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.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Japan’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 93 birds in June
93 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.18% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.85% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.91% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandisResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.26% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.11% in Jun
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentRare24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 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