Birds to See in Maine in June
142 bird species on our list for Maine are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Crow, American Robin, Common Yellowthroat and American Herring Gull. New this month: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Fox Sparrow, Great Shearwater and Fulmar and 3 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
OvenbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Blue-headed VireoBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
From Maine’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 142 birds in June
142 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jun- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.42% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jun- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.08% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.67% in Jun- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.64% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.60% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.56% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.44% in Jun- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.36% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.35% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.33% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.02% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.97% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.90% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.89% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.82% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.80% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.72% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.69% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.64% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.55% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.54% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.53% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.52% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.50% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.45% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.37% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.37% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.22% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.22% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.20% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.15% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.10% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaScarceRare55–65 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusScarceRare28–38 cmRegularly Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.01% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorPassage migrantRare140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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