Birds to See in Timor-Leste in January
16 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in January2
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(4)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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