Birds to See in Myanmar (Burma) in May
31 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
31 bird species on our list for Myanmar (Burma) are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Scaly-breasted Munia and Rose-ringed Parakeet. New this month: Cuckoo, Blue-eared Barbet, Wryneck and Redshank and 4 more.
New in May8
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Jul–May
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Dec–May
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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