Birds to See in Serbia in January
129 bird species on our list for Serbia are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Rock Dove, Magpie and Mallard. New this month: Dunlin, Woodlark, Moustached Warbler and Red-breasted Merganser and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Serbia’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 129 birds in January
129 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.61% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.98% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.69% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.13% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.58% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.44% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.36% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.32% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.21% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.06% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jan · 0.05% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.01% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.01% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% 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