Uncommon Birds in Bangladesh
Our list for Bangladesh has 72 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 63 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bangladesh in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 72, most common first
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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