Birds to See in Florida in January
160 bird species on our list for Florida are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Great White Egret and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Purple Martin, Gull-billed Tern, Black-headed Gull and Red-necked Grebe and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · Jul
Bald EagleBusiest month of the year · All year
Forster's TernBusiest month of the year · All year
American Herring GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Bonaparte's GullBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Leaving soon
From Florida’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 160 birds in January
160 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.51% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.32% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.43% in Jan
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.19% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusWinter visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.95% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan- Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.37% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.23% in Jan- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.20% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.19% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisResidentCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.13% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.08% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jan
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Jan
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.05% in Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.01% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusResidentRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.00% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantRare15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusResidentRare30–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 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