Birds to See in Russia in February
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.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 113 birds in February
113 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 8.96% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 7.72% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.87% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 5.33% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 5.11% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.94% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.75% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.14% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentUncommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixWinter visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.02% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% in Feb
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantRare39–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantRare52–71 cmRegularly Feb · 0.01% 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