Birds to See in Luxembourg in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Luxembourg’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 69 birds in January
69 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.90% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.78% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.55% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.44% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.44% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.09% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.04% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.98% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.92% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.86% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.86% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.69% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.69% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.69% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.58% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.46% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.46% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.46% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.40% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan · 0.35% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.35% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.29% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.29% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% 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