Birds to See in Nevada in May
140 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, House Finch, Common Raven, Mallard and American Robin. New this month: Red-necked Phalarope, Willow Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush and Northern Waterthrush and 19 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Nevada’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 140 birds in May
140 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in May
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in May
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.71% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.52% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.05% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.03% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.69% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.48% in May
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in May
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in May
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in May
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in May
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in May
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in May
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in May
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in May
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in May
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in May
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in May
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in May
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in May
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 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