Birds to See in Timor-Leste in May
13 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
13 bird species on our list for Timor-Leste are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Scaly-breasted Munia, Little Egret, Great White Egret and Common Kingfisher. New this month: Whimbrel, Little Egret, Great White Egret and Greenshank and 2 more.
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(4)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Passage migrants
(2)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