Birds to See in Luxembourg in May
102 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in May12
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(37)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Jul
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(20)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Aug
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly May–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly May
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May–Jun
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly May–Sep
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