Birds to See in Papua New Guinea in May
11 bird species on our list for Papua New Guinea are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Willie Wagtail, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Metallic Starling, Great White Egret and House Sparrow. New this month: Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Osprey, Great White Egret and House Sparrow and 3 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
Leaving soon
From Papua New Guinea’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 11 birds in May
11 birds
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.69% in May
Metallic StarlingAplonis metallicaWinter visitorCommon22–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.22% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.94% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.78% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.66% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.53% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.50% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in May
Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiiWinter visitorCommon38–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May · 0.16% in May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Willie Wagtail 19–22 cm
- Metallic Starling 22–25 cm
- Blue-winged Kookaburra 38–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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