Birds to See in Ukraine in February
119 bird species on our list for Ukraine are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Rook, Magpie, Hooded Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Northern Lapwing, Little Gull, Greater Scaup and Cinereous Vulture.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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.
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All 119 birds in February
119 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 7.29% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.85% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.74% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.86% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.41% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.90% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.80% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.62% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.46% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.13% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.08% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.03% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.01% 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