Birds to See in Oregon in December
138 bird species on our list for Oregon are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, Northern Flicker, American Robin, American Crow and Common Starling. New this month: Lark Sparrow, Red-naped Sapsucker, Northern Waterthrush and White-winged Dove and 2 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Oregon’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 138 birds in December
138 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Dec
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Dec
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Dec
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.95% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Dec
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.15% in Dec
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.12% in Dec
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.80% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.61% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Dec
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Dec
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Dec
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Dec
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Dec
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Dec
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Dec
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Dec
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Dec
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Dec
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Dec
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Dec
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.00% in Dec
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Dec
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