Birds to See in Arkansas in January
98 bird species on our list for Arkansas are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Crow, Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Tufted Titmouse.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
From Arkansas’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 98 birds in January
98 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.24% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.18% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.05% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.97% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.97% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.73% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.65% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.55% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.44% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.40% in Jan
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.37% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.34% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.29% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.24% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% 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