Birds to See in Myanmar (Burma) in January
82 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in January17
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
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
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Dec–May
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(22)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Dec–Mar
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Regularly Jan–Feb
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Nov–Jan
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jan
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Nov–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jan
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jan
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Treron bicinctusLC
Regularly Jan
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Regularly Jan
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly 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