Birds to See in Michigan in June
142 bird species on our list for Michigan are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, Blue Jay and Mourning Dove. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
OvenbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
From Michigan’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
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.39% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.36% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jun- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.74% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.72% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.50% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.44% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.32% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.26% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.22% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.12% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.02% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.78% in Jun- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.74% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.39% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.27% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Aug–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