Birds to See in Uzbekistan in May
121 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in May23
- Common Kingfisher
- Moorhen
- Cetti's Warbler
- Common Quail
- Water Rail
- Golden Oriole
- Crag Martin
- European Turtle-dove
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Whitethroat
- Red-backed Shrike
- Nightjar
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Hawfinch
- Savi's Warbler
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Common Reed-warbler
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Wryneck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Tawny Owl
- White-winged Tern
- Grey Plover
Residents
(5)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(96)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Sep
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Feb–Jun
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Oct–Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Apr–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–May
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Jun
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–May
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–May
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Feb–May
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly May
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Feb–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–May
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Dec–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Apr–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–May
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Feb–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly May
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–May
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly May
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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