Birds to See in Georgia in January
131 bird species on our list for Georgia are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Trumpeter Swan, Burrowing Owl, Grey Phalarope and Red Junglefowl and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Hooded MerganserBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
American Herring GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Bonaparte's GullBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
American Black DuckBusiest month of the year · Nov–Mar
From Georgia’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 131 birds in January
131 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.60% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.25% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.00% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.78% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Jan- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.52% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.37% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Jan
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan- American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaPassage migrantRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.00% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–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