Birds to See in Nigeria in May
29 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
29 bird species on our list for Nigeria are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Pied Crow, Kestrel, Lesser Striped Swallow and Lanner Falcon. New this month: White-bellied Bustard, Senegal Thick-knee, Barn Owl and Purple Heron and 1 more.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Lavender Waxbill
Glaucestrilda coerulescensLC
Recorded all year
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Nov–May
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Oct–May
White-bellied Bustard
Eupodotis senegalensisLC
Regularly Oct–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