Birds to See in North Carolina in June
130 bird species on our list for North Carolina are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, American Crow and American Robin. New this month: Hermit Thrush, Eider and European Storm-petrel.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
From North Carolina’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 130 birds in June
130 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.19% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.22% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.18% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.10% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.09% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.65% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentUncommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusWinter visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusScarceRare14–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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