Birds to See in Myanmar (Burma) in January
82 bird species on our list for Myanmar (Burma) are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Rock Dove and House Sparrow. New this month: Common Rosefinch, Blue-eared Barbet, Eurasian Jay and Black-tailed Godwit and 13 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Myanmar (Burma)’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 82 birds in January
82 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.05% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.49% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.37% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriSummer visitorCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jan
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.15% in Jan
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusWinter visitorUncommon27–31 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.12% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan · 0.12% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.11% in Jan
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.10% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.10% in Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneWinter visitorUncommon152–156 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantRare45–53 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantRare58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% 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