Birds to See in Delaware in June
99 bird species on our list for Delaware are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Mourning Dove and Common Grackle. New this month: Gull-billed Tern and Common Pheasant.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Delaware’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 99 birds in June
99 birds
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.93% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.92% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.71% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.40% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.31% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.98% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.89% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.89% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.49% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.24% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.22% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.14% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Nov–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