Birds to See in Slovakia in December
125 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Buzzard, Mallard and Blue Tit. New this month: Barnacle Goose, Golden Eagle, Velvet Scoter and Short-eared Owl and 1 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Common GullBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Eurasian WigeonBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Rough-legged HawkBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
European Herring GullBusiest month of the year · Oct–Feb
Red-breasted GooseBusiest month of the year · Nov–Feb
From Slovakia’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 125 birds in December
125 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.37% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Dec- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.71% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.28% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.79% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.76% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.76% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.75% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.75% in Dec- Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.52% in Dec- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.42% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.27% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec- European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.17% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.15% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.12% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Dec- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.11% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.07% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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