Birds to See in Netherlands in February
190 bird species on our list for Netherlands are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Woodpigeon and Coot. New this month: Chiffchaff, Black-tailed Godwit and Mediterranean Gull.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Netherlands’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 190 birds in February
190 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.98% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.18% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.17% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.60% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.40% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.35% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.12% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorRare66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentRare120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentRare35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.01% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.00% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
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