Birds to See in Austria in May
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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Austria’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 207 birds in May
207 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.63% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.38% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.08% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.01% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.79% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.63% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.25% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.10% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.81% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.76% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.75% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.64% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.59% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.52% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.44% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.42% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.38% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.37% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.36% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.32% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in May
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.17% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May · 0.09% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.07% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.03% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in May
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May · 0.03% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in May
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in May
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.00% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScarceRare18–19 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in May
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