Birds to See in Louisiana in June
90 bird species on our list for Louisiana are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove and American Crow. New this month: Indian Peafowl.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Louisiana’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 90 birds in June
90 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.51% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.40% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.32% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.68% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.56% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusSummer visitorRare52–54 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusScarceRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–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