Birds to See in Romania in February
121 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Magpie, Blue Tit, Buzzard and Rook. New this month: Stonechat, Eurasian Spoonbill, Eurasian Bittern and Woodlark and 5 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
FieldfareBusiest month of the year · All year
Eurasian SiskinBusiest month of the year · Jul
Rough-legged HawkBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Jan–May
Tundra Bean GooseBusiest month of the year · Nov–Feb
Short-eared OwlBusiest month of the year · Feb
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 121 birds in February
121 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.37% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.11% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Feb- FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.29% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.10% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.86% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.61% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.49% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.48% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.38% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.34% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.32% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.30% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Feb- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.07% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Feb- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Feb- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% 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