Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in May
87 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, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Common Tern, Northern Waterthrush, Swamp Sparrow and Blackpoll Warbler and 31 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
White-throated SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Purple FinchBusiest month of the year · Feb
Hermit ThrushBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · May–Jun
From St Pierre & Miquelon’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 87 birds in May
87 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 4.08% in May- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in May
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in May- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 3.04% in May
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in May- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.58% in May
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.00% in May
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.79% in May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.76% in May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in May
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in May- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureusSummer visitorCommon12–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.58% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in May
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.41% in May
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.38% in May- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.32% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.20% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in May
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.03% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.03% in May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.80% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.76% in May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.74% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.72% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.72% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.67% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.64% in May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.59% in May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in May
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.52% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in May
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.46% in May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraPassage migrantCommon23–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.43% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May · 0.43% in May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.41% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.37% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.37% in May
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.33% in May
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.33% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.31% in May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May · 0.28% in May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in May
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.26% in May
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantCommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.21% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May · 0.17% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in May
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May · 0.15% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in May
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisPassage migrantUncommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in May
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusPassage migrantUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusPassage migrantUncommon17–23 cmRegularly May · 0.09% in May
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May · 0.08% in May
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.07% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in May
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in May
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.06% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasPassage migrantUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% 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