Birds to See in Tunisia in June
57 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
57 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Greenfinch and Blackbird. New this month: Little Ringed Plover, Blue Rock-thrush, Common Kingfisher and Short-toed Lark and 1 more.
Leaving after last month30
- European Robin
- Common Sandpiper
- Great Cormorant
- Common Starling
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Thekla's Lark
- Little Stint
- Whinchat
- Greenshank
- Great White Egret
- Whitethroat
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Ringed Plover
- European Honey-buzzard
- Nightingale
- Eurasian Wren
- Grey Plover
- Cetti's Warbler
- Gull-billed Tern
- Garden Warbler
- Common Quail
- Sand Martin
- Egyptian Vulture
- Pochard
- Golden Oriole
- Wood Warbler
- Buzzard
- Hobby
- Little Bittern
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly May–Jun
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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