Birds to See in Guyana in May
29 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
29 bird species on our list for Guyana are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, Roadside Hawk and Rock Dove. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
New in May2
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(10)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–May
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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