Birds to See in Tunisia in December
79 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in December23
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Shelduck
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Great Crested Grebe
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Northern Pintail
- Grey Plover
- Mediterranean Gull
- Ruff
- Purple Swamphen
- Golden Plover
- Song Thrush
- Whimbrel
- Black-necked Grebe
- Common Crane
- Sanderling
- Gadwall
- Pochard
- Goldcrest
- Reed Bunting
- Greylag Goose
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(44)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dartford Warbler
Curruca undataNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Dec
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Dec
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Oct–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Dec
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Dec
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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