Birds to See in Lithuania in February
100 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Mallard and Common Raven. New this month: Common Crane, Eurasian Skylark, Northern Lapwing and Greater White-fronted Goose and 16 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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.
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All 100 birds in February
100 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.94% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.55% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.28% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.23% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.16% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.98% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.15% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantRare45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% 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