Birds to See in New York in June
143 bird species on our list for New York are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, Gray Catbird and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Eider, Great Shearwater, Northern Saw-whet Owl and Dickcissel and 5 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Great Crested FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
VeeryBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
From New York’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 143 birds in June
143 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.83% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.00% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.98% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.54% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.47% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.35% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.06% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.96% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.90% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun- VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.72% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.69% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.61% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.48% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.32% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.21% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentRare19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–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