Birds to See in Colorado in June
121 bird species on our list for Colorado are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Mourning Dove, House Finch and Northern Flicker. New this month: Common Tern and Short-eared Owl.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Colorado’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 121 birds in June
121 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.20% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.98% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.70% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.45% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.28% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.13% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.59% in Jun
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.53% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.39% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Jun
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.07% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisWinter visitorRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorRare17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jun
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 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

