Birds to See in Anguilla in May
19 bird species on our list for Anguilla are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are White-winged Dove, Least Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Lesser Yellowlegs and Willet. New this month: Eurasian Collared Dove, Short-billed Dowitcher, Roseate Tern and Osprey and 1 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
From Anguilla’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 19 birds in May
19 birds
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.24% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.46% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.35% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.16% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.02% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.81% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.67% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.31% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Roseate Tern 33–41 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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