Birds to See in Croatia in May
174 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow, House Sparrow and Great Tit. New this month: Little Tern and Eleonora's Falcon.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayAt their peak
From Croatia’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 174 birds in May
174 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.97% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.60% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.54% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.84% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.75% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.74% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.51% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.47% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.44% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.31% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.26% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.18% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.68% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.63% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in May
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.45% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.36% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.23% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Apr–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