Birds to See in Romania in January
125 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, Great Tit, Magpie, Yellow-legged Gull and Buzzard. New this month: Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Dunlin and Little Gull and 7 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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.
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All 125 birds in January
125 birds
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.31% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.11% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.15% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.85% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.71% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.65% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.40% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.35% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.33% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.32% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.29% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.21% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.13% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.11% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% 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