Birds to See in Prince Edward Island in May
110 bird species on our list for Prince Edward Island are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, American Crow, Song Sparrow, Blue Jay and Common Grackle. New this month: Northern Yellow Warbler, Common Tern, Common Yellowthroat and American Redstart and 36 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Swamp SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jul
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Hermit ThrushBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
From Prince Edward Island’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 110 birds in May
110 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in May
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.42% in May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in May
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in May
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.05% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.95% in May- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.76% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in May- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.50% in May
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.42% in May
- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.31% in May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.22% in May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.19% in May
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.13% in May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.11% in May
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.98% in May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.96% in May- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.92% in May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in May- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.84% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.79% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.62% in May
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.32% in May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in May
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in May
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in May
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.20% in May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.20% in May
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.19% in May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in May
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in May
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in May
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in May
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in May
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in May
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.05% in May
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.04% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in May
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in May
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 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