Birds to See in Idaho in January
102 bird species on our list for Idaho are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, Northern Flicker, Mallard, House Finch and Red-tailed Hawk. New this month: Greater White-fronted Goose, Red-naped Sapsucker, Greater Yellowlegs and Burrowing Owl.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
GoldeneyeBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Common MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
Rough-legged HawkBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBusiest month of the year · Nov–Mar
American Tree SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Common RedpollBusiest month of the year · Nov–Mar
From Idaho’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 102 birds in January
102 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan- GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.81% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan- Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.87% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.26% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan- Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Jan
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 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