Birds to See in Romania in December
125 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in December12
Residents
(62)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly May–Dec
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(41)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Nov–Feb
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Dec
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Dec
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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