Birds to See in Austria in May
207 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
207 bird species on our list for Austria are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Great Tit and Common Starling. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Marsh Warbler, Little Stint and Little Bittern and 21 more.
New in May25
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Marsh Warbler
- Little Stint
- Little Bittern
- Curlew Sandpiper
- European Honey-buzzard
- Griffon Vulture
- Grey Plover
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
- White-winged Tern
- Common Rosefinch
- Corncrake
- Barn Owl
- Barnacle Goose
- Gull-billed Tern
- Sandwich Tern
- Nightjar
- Indian Peafowl
- Woodchat Shrike
- Boreal Owl
- Short-toed Lark
- Arctic Tern
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Red-necked Phalarope
Residents
(72)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(84)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Citril Finch
Carduelis citrinellaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(32)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly May
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly May
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly May
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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