Birds to See in Tunisia in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 75 birds in January
75 birds
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 3.05% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.50% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.27% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.04% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.94% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.90% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.71% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.62% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.57% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.53% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.48% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.48% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.30% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.20% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.11% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.11% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.06% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.02% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.02% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.97% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.93% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.88% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.79% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.74% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.74% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.65% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.56% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Jan
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.51% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.46% in Jan
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.42% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.42% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.37% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.32% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.32% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.32% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.28% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan · 0.28% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.28% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.23% in Jan
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.23% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.14% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
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