Birds to See in Tunisia in May
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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Tunisia’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 82 birds in May
82 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.74% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.33% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.08% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in May
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in May
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.98% in May
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.91% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.73% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.55% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.34% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.31% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.95% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.92% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.88% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.85% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.81% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.81% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.78% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.78% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.78% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.71% in May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.71% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.71% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.67% in May
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.64% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.64% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.60% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.56% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.56% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.53% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.46% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.46% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.42% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.39% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May · 0.35% in May
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.32% in May
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.32% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.32% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.28% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.28% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.28% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.25% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.25% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.25% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.21% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.18% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoScarceUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May · 0.18% in May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May · 0.11% 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