Birds to See in Luxembourg in May
102 bird species on our list for Luxembourg are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Great Tit and Blackcap. New this month: Little Bittern, Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher and Marsh Warbler and 8 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Luxembourg’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 102 birds in May
102 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.12% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.94% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.87% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.91% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.50% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.27% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.23% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.14% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.12% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.96% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.89% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.86% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.84% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.73% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.73% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.71% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.70% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.70% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.66% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.64% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.64% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.55% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.48% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.45% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.45% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.43% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.37% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.36% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.34% in May
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.34% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.23% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.20% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.18% in May
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May · 0.18% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.16% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.14% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May · 0.12% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.12% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.12% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.09% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% 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