Birds to See in Slovenia in May
179 bird species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Blackcap, Hooded Crow, Chaffinch and Great Tit. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, European Honey-buzzard and Nightjar and 7 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Slovenia’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 179 birds in May
179 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.88% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.44% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.43% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.60% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.51% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.49% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.23% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.22% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.06% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.92% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.79% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.70% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.63% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.61% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.48% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.44% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.43% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.35% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.34% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.32% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.30% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.25% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.22% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.09% in May
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.06% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.05% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May · 0.04% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in May
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.03% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly May · 0.01% 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