Birds to See in Ukraine in May
187 bird species on our list for Ukraine are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Common Starling, Woodpigeon, Common Swift and Barn Swallow. New this month: Red-backed Shrike, European Bee-eater, Golden Oriole and Spotted Flycatcher and 14 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Ukraine’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 187 birds in May
187 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.78% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.20% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.12% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.98% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.84% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.78% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.44% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.30% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.16% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.13% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.13% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.99% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.91% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.89% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.84% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.68% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.55% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.48% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.42% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.36% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.32% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.10% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.08% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in May
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.06% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.05% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorScarceRare17–19 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.00% in May
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% 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