Birds to See in Ohio in June
103 bird species on our list for Ohio are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow and Mourning Dove. New this month: American Avocet and Western Kingbird.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Ohio’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 103 birds in June
103 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.16% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.58% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.52% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.49% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.48% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.35% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.31% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.79% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.76% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.17% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Oct–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