Birds to See in Cambodia in January
61 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
61 bird species on our list for Cambodia are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, House Sparrow and Rock Dove. New this month: Orange-breasted Green-pigeon and Temminck's Stint.
New in January2
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Nov–Jun
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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