Birds to See in Iowa in June
96 bird species on our list for Iowa are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove and Gray Catbird. New this month: Horned Lark and Ruffed Grouse.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · All year
Common GrackleBusiest month of the year · Feb–Dec
DickcisselBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
BobolinkBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Iowa’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 96 birds in June
96 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Jun- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.12% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.66% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.30% in Jun- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.17% in Jun
- DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.09% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.08% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.93% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.80% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.40% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.37% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jun- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.28% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.22% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.93% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.86% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.56% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jun- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.13% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorRare58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusScarceRare20–26 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
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