Birds to See in New Jersey in June
126 bird species on our list for New Jersey are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Gray Catbird, Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird and Northern Cardinal. New this month: American Avocet, Little Auk, Great Shearwater and Marbled Godwit and 5 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From New Jersey’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 126 birds in June
126 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 2.89% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.73% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.62% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.25% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.81% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.66% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.56% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.43% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.43% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.42% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.38% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.00% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Jan–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