Birds to See in North Dakota in June
122 bird species on our list for North Dakota are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Red-winged Blackbird, Mourning Dove, Common Grackle, Western Meadowlark and American Robin. New this month: Golden Eagle and Dickcissel.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Western MeadowlarkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
BobolinkBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
Clay-colored SparrowBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Marbled GodwitBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
From North Dakota’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 122 birds in June
122 birds
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.45% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.84% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jun- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.49% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jun- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.11% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.60% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.51% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.40% in Jun- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.37% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.37% in Jun- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.31% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.26% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.14% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.08% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.04% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.03% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.96% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.81% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.73% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.72% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.68% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.65% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Jun- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.55% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.55% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.55% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.50% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.42% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.38% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.32% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.11% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.10% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentRare36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesSummer visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRegularly May–Jun · 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