Birds to See in Oregon in May
159 bird species on our list for Oregon are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Starling and American Crow. New this month: Swainson's Thrush, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson's Phalarope and Black Tern and 12 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Oregon’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 159 birds in May
159 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in May
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.61% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.48% in May
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.09% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.05% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.86% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in May
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in May
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in May
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.42% in May
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.20% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in May
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in May
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in May
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in May
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in May
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in May
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in May
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in May
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in May
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in May
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in May
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in May
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in May
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.01% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in May
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in May
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in May
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in May
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly May–Oct · 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