Birds to See in Texas in June
111 bird species on our list for Texas are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove and Turkey Vulture.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
Painted BuntingBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Western KingbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Lark SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Fish CrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Indian PeafowlBusiest month of the year · All year
From Texas’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 111 birds in June
111 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.37% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.09% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun- Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.78% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jun- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.57% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.33% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.52% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Jun
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jun- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 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