Birds to See in Luxembourg in January
69 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
69 bird species on our list for Luxembourg are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit and Magpie. New this month: Common Crane, Song Thrush, Greylag Goose and Reed Bunting and 8 more.
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Jan
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
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