Birds to See in Lebanon in May
86 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Greenfinch, Hooded Crow, House Sparrow and Lesser Whitethroat. New this month: Alpine Chough, Nightjar and Corncrake.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Lebanon’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 86 birds in May
86 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.19% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.06% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.98% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in May
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.52% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.42% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.36% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.25% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.23% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.94% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.91% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.86% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.69% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.56% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.56% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.54% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.50% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.50% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.42% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.38% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in May
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.32% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.30% in May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.29% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.27% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.19% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.14% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May · 0.06% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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