Birds to See in Oklahoma in January
109 bird species on our list for Oklahoma are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Crow, Canada Goose, Blue Jay and Mallard. New this month: Glaucous Gull.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
From Oklahoma’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 109 birds in January
109 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.45% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.41% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.36% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.23% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.07% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.75% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.71% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.66% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.62% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.62% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.59% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.43% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Jan
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.01% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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