Birds to See in Liechtenstein in May
40 bird species on our list for Liechtenstein are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Blackbird, House Sparrow, Magpie and Mallard. New this month: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Swift, House Martin and Eurasian Tree Sparrow and 14 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Liechtenstein’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 40 birds in May
40 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 6.38% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 4.89% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 4.26% in May
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.83% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 2.98% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.77% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.77% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.77% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.77% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.55% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.55% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.55% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.34% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.34% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.34% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.13% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.91% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.91% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.91% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.91% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.91% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–May · 1.70% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 1.49% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.49% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly May · 1.49% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.49% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.28% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May · 1.28% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.28% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.06% in May
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.06% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.06% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly May · 0.85% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.85% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.85% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantCommon22–24 cmRegularly May · 0.64% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly May · 0.64% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May · 0.64% 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