Birds to See in Greece in December
175 bird species on our list for Greece are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, European Robin, Chaffinch, Hooded Crow and Yellow-legged Gull. New this month: Common Gull, Temminck's Stint, Smew and Velvet Scoter and 1 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Greece’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 December
175 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.09% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.73% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.34% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.94% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.83% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.78% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.75% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.61% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.55% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.40% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.28% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentRare98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Dec
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Dec
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Dec · 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