Birds to See in Bangladesh in October
68 bird species on our list for Bangladesh are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Barn Swallow. New this month: Ruddy Shelduck, Redshank, Temminck's Stint and Gadwall and 17 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
From Bangladesh’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 68 birds in October
68 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.52% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.29% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.45% in Oct
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.05% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Oct
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
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