Birds to See in Thailand in December
108 bird species on our list for Thailand are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Yellow-browed Warbler, Little Egret and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Rufous-tailed Tailorbird, Greater White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose and Red-flanked Bluetail and 4 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Yellow-browed WarblerBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Pied WagtailBusiest month of the year · Sep–Mar
Blue Rock-thrushBusiest month of the year · All year
Common RosefinchBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Ruddy ShelduckBusiest month of the year · Nov–Mar
Common StarlingBusiest month of the year · Nov–Feb
Leaving soon
From Thailand’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 108 birds in December
108 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Dec- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.25% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.49% in Dec- Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.43% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec- Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Dec
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Dec- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusResidentUncommon28–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Dec
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Dec
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Dec- Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneSummer visitorRare152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Dec
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantRare10–12 cmRegularly Dec · 0.00% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorRare42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantRare28–31 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Dec · 0.00% 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