Birds to See in Manitoba in May
171 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, Red-winged Blackbird, Mallard, American Robin and American Crow. New this month: Northern Yellow Warbler, Barn Swallow, Clay-colored Sparrow and Common Yellowthroat and 68 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Common GrackleBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
GadwallBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
White-crowned SparrowBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Manitoba’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 171 birds in May
171 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.05% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.90% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in May
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.54% in May
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in May- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.21% in May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.03% in May- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.72% in May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.61% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.43% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.43% in May
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.35% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in May
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in May
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.18% in May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.14% in May
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in May- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.96% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.94% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.90% in May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.84% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.78% in May
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.75% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May- GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.68% in May
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.68% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.66% in May- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.63% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in May
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.50% in May
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in May
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.40% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.39% in May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.36% in May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in May
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.33% in May
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.32% in May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in May
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in May
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in May
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in May
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in May
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.19% in May
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in May
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.18% in May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in May
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in May
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.15% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.14% in May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in May
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in May
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in May
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in May
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in May
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.07% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.07% in May
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in May
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in May
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in May
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in May
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in May
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in May
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in May
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in May
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in May
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 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