Birds to See in Idaho in June
118 bird species on our list for Idaho are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Yellow Warbler, Red-winged Blackbird, Mourning Dove and Song Sparrow. New this month: Greylag Goose, White-rumped Sandpiper, Boreal Owl and Alder Flycatcher.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Mountain BluebirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Fox SparrowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Leaving soon
From Idaho’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 118 birds in June
118 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.57% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.23% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.16% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.95% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.67% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.56% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.42% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.35% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.35% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.08% in Jun
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisScarceRare15–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumScarceRare13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly 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

