Birds to See in Estonia in February
74 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
74 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, European Herring Gull, Blue Tit and Goldeneye. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Northern Lapwing, Greylag Goose and Eurasian Wren and 9 more.
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–May
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
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