Birds to See in Italy in January
196 bird species on our list for Italy are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Magpie and Chaffinch. New this month: Little Ringed Plover, Common Redpoll, Temminck's Stint and Citril Finch and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 January
196 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.00% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.83% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.81% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.79% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.73% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.49% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.16% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Jan
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentUncommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentRare45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 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