Birds to See in South Dakota in June
124 bird species on our list for South Dakota are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Western Meadowlark and Mourning Dove.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · All year
Western MeadowlarkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
Upland SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Lark SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
BobolinkBusiest month of the year · May–Aug
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From South 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 124 birds in June
124 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Jun- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.19% in Jun- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.98% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.93% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.20% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.02% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.48% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.46% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.21% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.17% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.92% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.88% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.85% in Jun- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.83% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.68% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.65% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.58% in Jun
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.56% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.55% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.44% in Jun
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.33% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.27% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.26% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jun
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jun
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 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