Birds to See in Yukon Territory in May
118 bird species on our list for Yukon Territory are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Mallard, Common Raven and White-crowned Sparrow. New this month: Swainson's Thrush, Chipping Sparrow, Northern Yellow Warbler and Lincoln's Sparrow and 57 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
Ruby-crowned KingletBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Yukon Territory’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 118 birds in May
118 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 4.36% in May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.40% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.47% in May- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.22% in May
- Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.10% in May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.04% in May- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.82% in May
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.76% in May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.51% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.43% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.26% in May
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.22% in May- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.14% in May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.00% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.97% in May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.96% in May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.96% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.81% in May
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.77% in May
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.76% in May
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.72% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.71% in May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.71% in May- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in May
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.68% in May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.67% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.67% in May
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.64% in May
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.61% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.58% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.55% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.55% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.51% in May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.46% in May
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in May
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.38% in May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.36% in May
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.28% in May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in May
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in May
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.19% in May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in May
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.14% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantCommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in May
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.10% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May · 0.09% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.08% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in May
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.05% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentUncommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in May
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.04% in May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.04% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantRare36–43 cmRegularly May · 0.03% in May
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantCommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in May
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentRare40–49 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in May
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in May
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentRare91–137 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly May–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