Birds to See in Slovakia in January
122 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Buzzard and Mallard. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Whooper Swan, Black Swan and Long-tailed Duck and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
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 122 birds in January
122 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.54% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.57% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.20% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.89% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.87% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.86% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.77% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.74% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.71% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.66% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.54% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.51% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.04% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 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