Birds to See in Austria in December
134 bird species on our list for Austria are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Mallard. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Common Redpoll, Common Loon and Great Black-backed Gull and 1 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Austria’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 134 birds in December
134 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.31% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.25% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.73% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.17% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.14% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.08% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantRare64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.03% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
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