Birds to See in Brazil in May
57 bird species on our list for Brazil are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Palm Tanager, Roadside Hawk, Rock Dove and Great White Egret. New this month: Stilt Sandpiper, Common Starling and Indian Peafowl.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
From Brazil’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 57 birds in May
57 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentUncommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Hyacinth MacawAnodorhynchus hyacinthinusWinter visitorUncommon95–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentRare24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Yellow-browed SparrowAmmodramus aurifronsResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentRare30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Frilled CoquetteLophornis magnificusResidentRare7–8 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantRare42–75 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorRare23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in May
Brazilian MerganserMergus octosetaceusResidentRare49–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisPassage migrantRare21–23 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusResidentRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in May
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 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