Birds to See in Romania in December
125 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Magpie, Blue Tit, Mallard and Buzzard. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Bittern, Red-crested Pochard and Long-tailed Duck and 8 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Romania’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 125 birds in December
125 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.51% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.28% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.17% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.85% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.85% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.77% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.70% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.44% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.41% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.29% in Dec
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.28% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.22% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.21% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.18% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec · 0.12% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec · 0.12% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.09% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisScarceUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Dec · 0.06% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraScarceRare43–54 cmRegularly Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.04% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in 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