Birds to See in Serbia in May
167 bird species on our list for Serbia are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Rock Dove and Common Starling. New this month: Ringed Plover, Nightjar, Corncrake and Red-crested Pochard and 6 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Serbia’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 167 birds in May
167 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.98% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.79% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.56% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.21% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.88% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.69% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.26% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.19% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.16% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.12% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.97% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.96% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.63% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.36% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.32% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in May
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.16% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.13% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.07% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.03% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.01% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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