Birds to See in Saskatchewan in January
44 bird species on our list for Saskatchewan are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Common Raven, Downy Woodpecker, House Finch and Rock Dove. New this month: Cedar Waxwing.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
Downy WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
White-breasted NuthatchBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Hairy WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · All year
Varied ThrushBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · All year
American Three-toed WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · May–Mar
From Saskatchewan’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 44 birds in January
44 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 11.21% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 7.37% in Jan- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 5.12% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 4.66% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 2.85% in Jan- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.73% in Jan
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jan
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.96% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.95% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.02% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Jan- Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan- Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.12% in Jan- American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% 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