Birds to See in Norway in January
136 bird species on our list for Norway are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Magpie, Great Tit, European Herring Gull and Blue Tit. New this month: Redshank, Dunnock, Bar-tailed Godwit and Fulmar and 5 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Norway’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 136 birds in January
136 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.86% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.25% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.22% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.59% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.57% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.69% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.54% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.11% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jan
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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