Birds to See in Russia in December
108 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Blue Tit and Bullfinch. New this month: Glaucous Gull, Water Rail, Sandwich Tern and Western Capercaillie.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Russia’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 108 birds in December
108 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 8.91% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 7.50% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.18% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 5.04% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 4.79% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.47% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.17% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.27% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentUncommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixWinter visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% 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