Birds to See in Ukraine in December
118 bird species on our list for Ukraine are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Rook, Magpie, Hooded Crow and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Western Marsh-harrier, Green Sandpiper, Firecrest and Red-crested Pochard and 4 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Ukraine’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 118 birds in December
118 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 6.94% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.03% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.79% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.49% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.29% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.06% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.88% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.71% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.61% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.50% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.45% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.08% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% 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