Birds to See in Jordan in May
82 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Blackbird, Eurasian Collared Dove and Greenfinch. New this month: Hobby, Garden Warbler, Little Tern and Temminck's Stint.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
European Bee-eaterBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
Squacco HeronBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Little BitternBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Wood SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Lesser Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
From Jordan’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 82 birds in May
82 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.34% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.90% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in May- European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.44% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.20% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in May- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.00% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.99% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.85% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in May
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.82% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.72% in May
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May- Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.36% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.34% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in May- Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in May- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.25% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in May
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in May
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.21% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.12% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in May
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.07% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.06% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% 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