Birds to See in Germany in February
176 bird species on our list for Germany are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon. New this month: Song Thrush, Serin, Woodlark and Bar-tailed Godwit and 3 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
From Germany’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 176 birds in February
176 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.81% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.31% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.17% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.47% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorRare68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Feb
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Feb
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