Birds to See in Nebraska in June
109 bird species on our list for Nebraska are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle and Dickcissel. New this month: Short-eared Owl, Common Raven, Muscovy Duck and Greylag Goose.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Common GrackleBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Lark SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Upland SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
BobolinkBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Nebraska’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 109 birds in June
109 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.45% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Jun- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.60% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.34% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.25% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.94% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.83% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.50% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.48% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.38% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.35% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.34% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.73% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.55% in Jun- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Jun
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorRare58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentRare64–79 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · records held back in Jun (protected)
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.00% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 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