Birds to See in Cambodia in October
56 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for Cambodia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Scaly-breasted Munia, Rock Dove, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and House Sparrow. New this month: Yellow-browed Warbler, Sand Martin, Garganey and Osprey and 7 more.
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year

White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year

Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year

Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year

Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year

Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year

Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Recorded all year

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year

Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year

Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year

Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year

Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year

Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(29)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year

Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–May

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb

Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun

Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Feb

Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–Mar

Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migrationScarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every yearData: 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




