Birds to See in Papua New Guinea in May
11 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in May7
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(2)Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Metallic Starling
Aplonis metallicaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Dec
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly May–Dec
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachiiLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
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