Birds to See in Slovakia in May
184 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Great Tit and Woodpigeon. New this month: Red-backed Shrike, European Bee-eater, Spotted Flycatcher and Marsh Warbler and 15 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Slovakia’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 184 birds in May
184 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.90% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.31% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.29% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.26% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 2.15% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.95% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.91% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.88% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.79% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.62% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.15% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.10% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.09% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.01% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.91% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.69% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.69% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.61% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.58% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.42% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.30% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.26% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.24% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.15% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.11% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.08% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.08% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.07% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.04% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly May · 0.04% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly May · 0.02% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in May
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in May
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–May · 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