Birds to See in Ukraine in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 125 birds in January
125 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 7.01% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.15% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.11% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.72% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.32% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.07% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.94% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.89% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.65% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.56% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.12% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.10% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% 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