Birds to See in Lithuania in January
87 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Mallard and Rock Dove. New this month: Horned Lark.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt 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 87 birds in January
87 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 6.19% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.00% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.16% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.71% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.67% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% 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