Birds to See in Puerto Rico in May
42 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
42 bird species on our list for Puerto Rico are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are White-winged Dove, Northern Mockingbird, House Sparrow, Rock Dove and Great White Egret. New this month: Gull-billed Tern and Cockatiel.
New in May2
Leaving after last month17
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
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