Birds to See in Austria in January
127 bird species on our list for Austria are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow and Chaffinch. New this month: Common Starling, Common Scoter, Black Grouse and Wood Duck and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 127 birds in January
127 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.90% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.52% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.66% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.22% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.15% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantRare64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
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