Birds to See in Lithuania in May
192 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Hooded Crow and Great Tit. New this month: Common Swift, Whitethroat, Red-backed Shrike and Marsh Warbler and 22 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Lithuania’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 192 birds in May
192 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.03% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.03% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.92% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.83% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.80% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.68% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.48% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.39% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.24% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.21% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.17% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.17% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.14% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.12% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.11% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.10% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.08% in May
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.08% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.01% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.99% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.99% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.97% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.87% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.86% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.54% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.52% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.50% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in May
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.42% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.39% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.37% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.34% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.33% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.32% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.32% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.24% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in May
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in May
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in May
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.07% in May
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in May
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in May
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.03% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantRare50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.02% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.02% in May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantRare37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantRare50–90 cmRegularly May · 0.01% 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