Birds to See in French Guiana in May
32 bird species on our list for French Guiana are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Lineated Woodpecker, Great White Egret, Roadside Hawk and Semipalmated Sandpiper. New this month: Common Tern and Mottled Owl.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayFrom French Guiana’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 32 birds in May
32 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in May
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.07% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Common PotooNyctibius griseusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in May
Mottled OwlStrix virgataPassage migrantRare30–38 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