Birds to See in Croatia in January
131 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Dove and Blackbird. New this month: Redshank, Griffon Vulture, Velvet Scoter and Bearded Tit and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 131 birds in January
131 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.29% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.01% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.83% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.81% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.75% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.66% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.59% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.57% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.55% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.55% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.53% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.35% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.28% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.12% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.11% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.11% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 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