Birds to See in Ukraine in May
187 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in May18
Leaving after last month21
- Eurasian Siskin
- Common Gull
- Goldeneye
- Brambling
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Hen Harrier
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Common Merganser
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Osprey
- Redwing
- Whooper Swan
- European Herring Gull
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Greater Scaup
- Golden Plover
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Short-eared Owl
- Boreal Owl
- Western Capercaillie
Residents
(56)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(94)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly May–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly May–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Apr–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