Birds to See in Virginia in June
115 bird species on our list for Virginia are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Robin, American Crow and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Great Shearwater and Northern Saw-whet Owl.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
From Virginia’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 115 birds in June
115 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.29% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.21% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.84% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jun
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.00% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Nov–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

