Birds to See in Latvia in January
79 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
79 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Blue Tit and Common Raven. New this month: Woodpigeon, Arctic Loon, Pochard and European Green Woodpecker and 2 more.
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–May
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Jan–May
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Jan–May
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–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