Birds to See in Suriname in May
13 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
13 bird species on our list for Suriname are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Cattle Egret, Turkey Vulture, Roadside Hawk and Lineated Woodpecker.
New in May
No new arrivals this month.
Residents
(6)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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