Birds to See in Switzerland in January
151 bird species on our list for Switzerland are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Chaffinch. New this month: Blue Rock-thrush, Glossy Ibis and Cetti's Warbler.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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.
Other months
All 151 birds in January
151 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.97% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.99% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.68% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.18% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentRare39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 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