Birds to See in Louisiana in January
130 bird species on our list for Louisiana are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird and Great White Egret. New this month: Painted Bunting, Cape May Warbler and Black Swan.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Red-tailed HawkBusiest month of the year · All year
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Pied-billed GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
GadwallBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
From Louisiana’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 130 birds in January
130 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jan- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 3.00% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.05% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.50% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.11% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.82% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.72% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.60% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Jan- GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Jan
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.15% in Jan
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.05% in Jan
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jan
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusResidentRare15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 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