Birds to See in Russia in February
113 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
113 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Blue Tit and Bullfinch. New this month: Common Starling, Woodpigeon, Reed Bunting and Northern Shoveler and 13 more.
New in February17
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(36)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Feb–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(30)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Jun–Mar
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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