Birds to See in Timor-Leste in January
16 bird species on our list for Timor-Leste are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Sandpiper, Scaly-breasted Munia, Greenshank and Little Egret. New this month: Pacific Golden-Plover and Bonelli's Eagle.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
Leaving soon
From Timor-Leste’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 16 birds in January
16 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.66% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.21% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.94% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.79% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.68% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.64% in Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusSummer visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.60% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.53% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.49% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.34% in Jan
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.30% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.23% in Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.15% in Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Little Grebe 23–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Red Junglefowl 42–75 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 cm
- Bonelli's Eagle 65–72 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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