Birds to See in Lithuania in December
101 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Mallard, Blue Tit and Common Raven. New this month: Carrion Crow.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Lithuania’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 101 birds in December
101 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.42% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.33% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.75% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.53% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.10% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantRare45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Dec
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% 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