Birds to See in Thailand in January
109 bird species on our list for Thailand are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Little Egret, Yellow-browed Warbler and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Gadwall, Kittiwake, Great Crested Grebe and Vega Gull and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
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 109 birds in January
109 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.06% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.35% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.35% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusResidentUncommon28–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Jan
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Jan
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Jan
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Jan
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantRare28–31 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneSummer visitorRare152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Vega GullLarus vegaePassage migrantRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorRare42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% 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