Birds to See in Colombia in May
77 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
77 bird species on our list for Colombia are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Roadside Hawk, Cattle Egret, Crimson-backed Tanager and Turkey Vulture.
New in May
No new arrivals this month.
Leaving after last month18
- Swainson's Thrush
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- American Redstart
- Tennessee Warbler
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Scarlet Tanager
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Baltimore Oriole
- Merlin
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Franklin's Gull
- Magnolia Warbler
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Red Knot
Residents
(38)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatusLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Golden Tanager
Tangara aurulentaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosaLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Ammodramus aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Stygian Owl
Asio stygiusLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanopteraLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Regularly Jul–May
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–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