Birds to See in Cambodia in May
35 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
35 bird species on our list for Cambodia are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Scaly-breasted Munia, Rock Dove, House Sparrow and White-crested Laughingthrush. New this month: Little Tern, Whimbrel, Orange-breasted Green-pigeon and Sanderling and 1 more.
Leaving after last month19
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Recorded all year
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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