Birds to See in Latvia in February
79 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Common Raven and Magpie. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Common Crane, Northern Lapwing and Greylag Goose and 5 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 79 birds in February
79 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 8.05% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 7.28% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.47% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Feb
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.82% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.73% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.57% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.39% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.21% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Feb
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb · 0.07% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.05% 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