Birds to See in Latvia in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At 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 79 birds in January
79 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 7.34% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.87% in Jan
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.48% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.77% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.69% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.49% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.41% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.12% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.12% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jan
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.06% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.06% 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