Birds to See in Czechia in May
202 bird species on our list for Czechia are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Woodpigeon and Great Tit. New this month: Common Swift, Red-backed Shrike, Marsh Warbler and Spotted Flycatcher and 18 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Czechia’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 202 birds in May
202 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.99% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.87% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.87% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.61% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.52% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.08% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.60% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.55% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.55% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.22% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.20% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.19% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.12% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.00% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.89% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.83% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.65% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.48% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.34% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in May
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in May
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorScarceRare17–19 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in May
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiPassage migrantRare100–210 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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