Birds to See in Northern Mariana Islands in May
10 bird species on our list for Northern Mariana Islands are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Red Junglefowl, Pacific Golden-Plover, Whimbrel and Moorhen. New this month: Sanderling, Little Tern and Rock Dove.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
From Northern Mariana Islands’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 10 birds in May
10 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.62% in May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in May
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.22% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantUncommon29–37 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.15% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in May
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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