Birds to See in Russia in January
100 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Blue Tit and Bullfinch. New this month: Brambling, Northern Pintail, Little Egret and Greylag Goose and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 100 birds in January
100 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 8.84% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 7.47% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.72% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 5.49% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 5.46% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.94% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.53% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentUncommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixWinter visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 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