Birds to See in Oregon in January
131 bird species on our list for Oregon are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Robin, American Crow, Northern Flicker and Common Starling. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt 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.
Other months
All 131 birds in January
131 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.56% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.23% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.94% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.77% in Jan
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.77% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.00% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 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