Birds to See in Connecticut in June
110 bird species on our list for Connecticut are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Gray Catbird, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal and Mourning Dove. New this month: Eider, Clay-colored Sparrow and Muscovy Duck.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From Connecticut’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 110 birds in June
110 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 3.11% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.83% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.75% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.59% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.37% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.26% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.25% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.10% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.02% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.83% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.80% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.73% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.72% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.36% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 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