Birds to See in Latvia in December
77 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Magpie and Common Raven.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Latvia’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 77 birds in December
77 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 7.50% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 7.15% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Dec
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.47% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.74% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.63% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.60% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.13% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% 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