Birds to See in Utah in May
141 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Yellow Warbler, House Finch, Mallard and Mourning Dove. New this month: Swainson's Thrush, Gray Catbird, Willow Flycatcher and Baird's Sandpiper and 17 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Utah’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 141 birds in May
141 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.26% in May
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in May
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.81% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.77% in May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in May
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.19% in May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in May
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in May
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in May
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in May
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in May
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in May
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in May
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in May
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in May
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in May
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in May
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.00% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in May (protected)
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in May (protected)
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