Birds to See in Czechia in December
139 bird species on our list for Czechia are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Mallard and Magpie. New this month: Bohemian Waxwing, Tundra Swan, Eurasian Bittern and Brent Goose.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Czechia’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 139 birds in December
139 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.19% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.26% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.75% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.59% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.30% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.26% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Dec
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% 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