Birds to See in Bangladesh in May
36 bird species on our list for Bangladesh are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Common Kingfisher and Little Egret. New this month: Purple Heron, Glossy Ibis, Booted Eagle and Hobby.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
From Bangladesh’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 36 birds in May
36 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in May
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in May
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% 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