Birds to See in Montana in June
135 bird species on our list for Montana are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Yellow Warbler, Western Meadowlark and Common Starling. New this month: Dickcissel, Black-billed Cuckoo and Scarlet Tanager.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Vesper SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Western KingbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Least FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Wilson's PhalaropeBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Montana’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 135 birds in June
135 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jun- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.35% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.02% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.31% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.28% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in Jun- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.08% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.99% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.96% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.91% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.87% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.83% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.63% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Jun
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.58% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.47% in Jun- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jun
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Jun
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.28% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.28% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.23% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.19% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 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