Birds to See in Switzerland in February
155 bird species on our list for Switzerland are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird and Chaffinch. New this month: Serin, Crag Martin, Woodlark and Citril Finch and 4 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Switzerland’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 155 birds in February
155 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.42% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.23% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.69% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.62% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.47% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Feb
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Feb
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentRare39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
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