Birds to See in Germany in January
175 bird species on our list for Germany are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Mallard. New this month: Boreal Owl, Ruddy Duck, King Eider and Hooded Merganser and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
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 175 birds in January
175 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.77% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.17% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorRare68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jan
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 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