Birds to See in Switzerland in June
172 bird species on our list for Switzerland are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, House Sparrow, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch and Blackcap. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Red-breasted Goose and Bar-headed Goose.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Switzerland’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 172 birds in June
172 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.25% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.15% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 3.14% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.64% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.29% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.96% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Jun
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.74% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.48% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Jun
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.35% in Jun
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.33% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.27% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.10% in Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantRare80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentRare39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jun
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 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