Birds to See in Uzbekistan in May
121 bird species on our list for Uzbekistan are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Lesser Whitethroat and Rock Dove. New this month: Common Kingfisher, Moorhen, Cetti's Warbler and Common Quail and 19 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Uzbekistan’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 121 birds in May
121 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.93% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.43% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.08% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.95% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.79% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.75% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.70% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.37% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.34% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.26% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.06% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.04% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.94% in May
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.93% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.68% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.68% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.66% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.66% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.62% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.60% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.58% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantCommon34–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.58% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.57% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.56% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.56% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantCommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.50% in May
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantCommon32–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.48% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.48% in May
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.47% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.45% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.41% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.41% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.41% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.38% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.35% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.35% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May · 0.35% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.32% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.32% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.31% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.28% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May · 0.28% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.26% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in May
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantCommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.25% in May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.25% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May · 0.22% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.22% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantCommon80–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.22% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.21% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.21% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.19% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May · 0.19% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.18% in May
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.17% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.17% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.16% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.15% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.13% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly May · 0.13% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.13% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May · 0.12% in May
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.12% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.11% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.11% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.11% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly May · 0.10% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.10% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.10% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.10% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.09% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.09% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May · 0.07% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.07% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.07% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.06% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.06% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.06% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.06% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.05% in May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.05% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May · 0.05% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.04% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.04% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorPassage migrantUncommon140–160 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.04% in May
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May · 0.04% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly May · 0.04% in May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.04% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.04% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May · 0.04% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaScarceRare27–30 cmRegularly May · 0.03% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May · 0.02% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantRare37–43 cmRegularly May · 0.01% 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