Birds to See in Manitoba in December
51 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, House Sparrow and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Common Pheasant.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Manitoba’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 51 birds in December
51 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 8.81% in Dec
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 7.74% in Dec
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 7.52% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.51% in Dec
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 6.44% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 5.95% in Dec
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 2.91% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Dec
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Dec
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Dec
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.97% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.93% in Dec
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.80% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.78% in Dec
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.78% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.46% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.19% in Dec
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Dec
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% 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