Birds to See in Croatia in December
132 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blackbird, European Robin and Chaffinch. New this month: Greater Scaup, Smew and Great Black-backed Gull.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Croatia’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 132 birds in December
132 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.80% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.00% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.09% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.03% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.64% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.63% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.61% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.43% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.36% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.35% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.33% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.26% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.14% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.10% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 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