Birds to See in Cayman Islands in May
42 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
42 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, White-winged Dove, Barn Swallow, Northern Flicker and Great White Egret. New this month: Chestnut-sided Warbler, Bobolink, Scaly-breasted Munia and Upland Sandpiper.
Leaving after last month17
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Apr–Jun
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–May
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly May–Oct
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