Birds to See in Illinois in June
107 bird species on our list for Illinois are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove and House Sparrow. New this month: Greylag Goose.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
Common GrackleBusiest month of the year · All year
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
DickcisselBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
From Illinois’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 107 birds in June
107 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jun- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jun- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.10% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jun- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.96% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.72% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.54% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.20% in Jun- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.91% in Jun- DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.89% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.85% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.75% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.59% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentRare16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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