Birds to See in Myanmar (Burma) in December
69 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
69 bird species on our list for Myanmar (Burma) are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove, House Sparrow and Yellow-browed Warbler. New this month: Black Eagle, Bluethroat, Gadwall and Sand Martin and 12 more.
New in December16
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(46)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Dec–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Dec
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Dec–Mar
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Nov–Jan
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly 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