Birds to See in Washington in June
121 bird species on our list for Washington are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, American Crow, Common Starling and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Chestnut-sided Warbler.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Turkey VultureBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
From Washington’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 121 birds in June
121 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.16% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.78% in Jun- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.78% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.57% in Jun
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jun- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.16% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.07% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.00% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun- Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.73% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jun
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.15% in Jun
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in Jun
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jun
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWinter visitorRare21–26 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