Birds to See in Slovenia in January
126 bird species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Mallard, Chaffinch and Great Cormorant. New this month: Song Thrush, Little Owl, Stock Dove and Tawny Owl and 3 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Slovenia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 126 birds in January
126 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.70% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.24% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.98% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.85% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.82% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.81% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.65% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.63% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.58% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.58% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.48% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.46% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.38% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.36% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.35% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.11% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan · 0.06% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.05% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 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