Birds to See in Tunisia in December
79 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Grey Shrike, Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove and Kestrel. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Common Shelduck, Eurasian Wigeon and Eurasian Spoonbill and 19 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Tunisia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 79 birds in December
79 birds
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.71% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.86% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.74% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.54% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.50% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.46% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.34% in Dec
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.34% in Dec
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.26% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.13% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.05% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.01% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.01% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.93% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.89% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.81% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.77% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.77% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.77% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.69% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.65% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.65% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.65% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.57% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.57% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.57% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.53% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.49% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.49% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.45% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.45% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.40% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.40% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.40% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.36% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.32% in Dec
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.32% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.32% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.32% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec · 0.32% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.28% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.28% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.28% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.28% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec · 0.24% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec · 0.20% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Dec
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec · 0.16% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% 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