Birds to See in Italy in February
196 bird species on our list for Italy are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Blackbird, European Robin, Great Tit and Chaffinch. New this month: Eurasian Scops-owl, Common Loon, Bearded Tit and Boreal Owl.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
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.
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All 196 birds in February
196 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.81% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.98% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.76% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.69% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.62% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.52% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.09% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentUncommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Feb
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentRare45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% 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