Birds to See in Utah in January
117 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Finch, Mallard, American Robin and Northern Flicker. New this month: Marbled Godwit and Red-breasted Sapsucker.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Utah’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 117 birds in January
117 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.63% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.69% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.67% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.48% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.45% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.00% in Jan
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 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