Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in May
81 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
81 bird species on our list for St Pierre & Miquelon are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Fox Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Black Duck and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. New this month: Common Tern, Northern Waterthrush, Swamp Sparrow and Blackpoll Warbler and 30 more.
New in May34
- Common Tern
- Northern Waterthrush
- Swamp Sparrow
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- American Redstart
- Cedar Waxwing
- Sooty Shearwater
- Barn Swallow
- Cape May Warbler
- Fulmar
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Evening Grosbeak
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Swainson's Thrush
- Leach's Storm-petrel
- Red-throated Loon
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Magnolia Warbler
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Gray Catbird
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Sand Martin
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Purple Martin
- Alder Flycatcher
- Tennessee Warbler
- Chipping Sparrow
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- American Tree Sparrow
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Least Flycatcher
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Recorded all year
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodiaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristataLC
Recorded all year
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
American Robin
Turdus migratoriusLC
Recorded all year
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendulaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly May–Oct
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgianaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly May–Oct
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly May–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Dec
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly May–Dec
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Nov–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(32)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly May–Oct
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysLC
Regularly May–Nov
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolniiLC
Regularly May–Nov
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitariusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly May
Evening Grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertinaVU
Regularly May–Nov
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Regularly May
American Tree Sparrow
Spizelloides arboreaLC
Regularly May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly May–Oct
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus variusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Regularly May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly May
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly May–Jun
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
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