Birds to See in Manitoba in January
47 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Sparrow, Blue Jay and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt 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 47 birds in January
47 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 9.44% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 7.71% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.36% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 6.28% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 6.26% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 5.89% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 4.29% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.37% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.09% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.09% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.02% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.90% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.22% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% 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