Birds to See in Romania in May
194 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Magpie and Cuckoo. New this month: Little Bittern, Red Crossbill, Sanderling and Red-necked Phalarope and 15 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Romania’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 194 birds in May
194 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.36% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.79% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.55% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.35% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.07% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.06% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.04% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.01% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.90% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.85% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.85% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.43% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.42% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.40% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.33% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.23% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.18% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.17% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in May
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in 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