Birds to See in Italy in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Italy’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 193 birds in December
193 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.21% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.94% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.87% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.87% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.82% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.70% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.54% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.52% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.36% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Dec
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Dec
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentUncommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaScarceUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentRare45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% 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