Birds to See in Massachusetts in June
125 bird species on our list for Massachusetts are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird and Common Grackle. New this month: Pied-billed Grebe, Sooty Shearwater, Black Tern and Kittiwake and 4 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Jan
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Cedar WaxwingBusiest month of the year · All year
Great Crested FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
VeeryBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Massachusetts’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 125 birds in June
125 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jun- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Jan · 3.16% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.89% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.84% in Jun
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.80% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.76% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.68% in Jun- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.22% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.09% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.01% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.95% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.74% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.67% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.61% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Jun- VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.57% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.52% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.42% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.23% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.00% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.00% in Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 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