Birds to See in Tunisia in February
88 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Grey Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull, Pied Wagtail, Sardinian Warbler and Serin. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Chaffinch and Spotted Redshank and 13 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
StonechatBusiest month of the year · Sep–Jun
Great CormorantBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Great Crested GrebeBusiest month of the year · Sep–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Sep–Oct
BlackcapBusiest month of the year · Jan–Jun
Eurasian SkylarkBusiest month of the year · Jan–Jun
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.
Other months
All 88 birds in February
88 birds
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.44% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.29% in Feb- StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.15% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Feb- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.78% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.73% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.56% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.39% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.39% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.22% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.05% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.99% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.96% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.96% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.93% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.85% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.85% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Feb- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.79% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.74% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.74% in Feb- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.68% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.68% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.65% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb- BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.62% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.62% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.59% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.59% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.57% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.57% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.54% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Feb
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.51% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.45% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Feb- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.42% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.40% in Feb
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.37% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.31% in Feb
Great TitParus majorPassage migrantUncommonRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.31% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.28% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.25% in Feb
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.25% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.25% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.20% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.20% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.17% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.17% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.17% in Feb
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
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