Birds to See in Bermuda in May
52 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
52 bird species on our list for Bermuda are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal and European Goldfinch. New this month: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Great Shearwater, Semipalmated Plover and Roseate Tern and 3 more.
New in May7
Leaving after last month17
Residents
(15)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Regularly Nov–May
Passage migrants
(18)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Apr–Jun
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Feb–Jun
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly May–Feb
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Apr–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
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