Birds to See in Greece in January
180 bird species on our list for Greece are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Chaffinch, Yellow-legged Gull, Hooded Crow and European Robin. New this month: Glossy Ibis, Audouin's Gull, Whimbrel and Ring Ouzel and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 180 birds in January
180 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.86% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.42% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.08% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.92% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.83% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.79% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.75% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.75% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.28% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentRare98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiSummer visitorUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jan
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantRare39–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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