Birds to See in Italy in December
193 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
193 bird species on our list for Italy are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Chaffinch and Magpie. New this month: Velvet Scoter, Red Knot, Razorbill and Common Loon and 6 more.
New in December10
Residents
(107)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Recorded all year
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Recorded all year
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Recorded all year
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Dartford Warbler
Curruca undataNT
Recorded all year
Red-legged Partridge
Alectoris rufaNT
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(67)Present outside the breeding season
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Dec–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Recorded all year
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Dec–Feb
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Dec–Feb
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Nov–Feb
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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