Birds to See in Alabama in June
88 bird species on our list for Alabama are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Greylag Goose.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Alabama’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 88 birds in June
88 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.78% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.49% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.33% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.08% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.99% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.44% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 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