Birds to See in Greece in February
176 bird species on our list for Greece are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Yellow-legged Gull and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Ruff, Common Quail and Red-billed Chough.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Great White EgretBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Eurasian WigeonBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Northern PintailBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
CurlewBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern LapwingBusiest month of the year · All year
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.
Other months
All 176 birds in February
176 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.98% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.54% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb- Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.19% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.07% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.03% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.83% in Feb- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.80% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.77% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.62% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.59% in Feb
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb- Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.58% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb- CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.25% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentRare98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantRare39–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiSummer visitorUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% 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