Birds to See in Ukraine in January
125 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
125 bird species on our list for Ukraine are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Rook, Magpie, Hooded Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Dunlin, Common Crane, Sandwich Tern and Mediterranean Gull and 9 more.
Residents
(56)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(15)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Winter visitors
(44)Present outside the breeding season
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Dec–Feb
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Oct–Jan
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Sep–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