Birds to See in Cayman Islands in May
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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
From Cayman Islands’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 42 birds in May
42 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 5.09% in May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.71% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.34% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.73% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.31% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in May
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in May
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% 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