Birds to See in Georgia in May
134 bird species on our list for Georgia are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Magnolia Warbler, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Willow Flycatcher and 5 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Georgia’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 134 birds in May
134 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in May
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in May
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in May
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in May
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in May
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in May
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in May
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in May
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in May
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.88% in May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in May
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in May
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.03% in May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.00% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.52% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.34% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in May
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in May
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in May
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in May
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in May
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in May
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in May
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in May
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in May
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in May
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in May
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 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