Birds to See in Tunisia in January
75 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
75 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Sardinian Warbler, Serin, Yellow-legged Gull and Chiffchaff. New this month: Eurasian Stone-curlew, Avocet, Blackcap and Wood Sandpiper and 5 more.
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
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
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dartford Warbler
Curruca undataNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Jan–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