Birds to See in Czechia in January
134 bird species on our list for Czechia are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Magpie and Mallard. New this month: Common Loon.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
Leaving soon
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 134 birds in January
134 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.71% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.52% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.30% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.73% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.61% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.32% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.25% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% 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