Birds to See in Tunisia in May
82 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
82 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Blackbird, Spotted Flycatcher, Greenfinch and Rock Dove. New this month: European Robin, Common Starling, European Honey-buzzard and Black-crowned Night-heron and 5 more.
New in May9
Leaving after last month31
- Chiffchaff
- Common Snipe
- Northern Shoveler
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Common Redstart
- Tree Pipit
- Green Sandpiper
- Sandwich Tern
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Spotted Redshank
- Dunlin
- Wood Sandpiper
- Curlew
- Ruff
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Willow Warbler
- Montagu's Harrier
- Wheatear
- Dartford Warbler
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Sedge Warbler
- Peregrine Falcon
- Sparrowhawk
- Barn Owl
- Wryneck
- Cirl Bunting
- Osprey
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Audouin's Gull
- Purple Heron
- Eurasian Scops-owl
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Winter visitors
(24)Present outside the breeding season
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(25)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Oct–May
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly May–Jun
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–May
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–May
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Mar–May
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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