Birds to See in India in February
174 bird species on our list for India are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Rose-ringed Parakeet, Rock Dove, White-cheeked Barbet, House Sparrow and Indian Robin. New this month: Pomarine Jaeger.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
Leaving soon
From India’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 174 birds in February
174 birds
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Feb
White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisResidentCommon22–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentCommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusResidentUncommon25–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentRare10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorRare98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentRare32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentRare58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentRare34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorRare58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentRare14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentRare27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorRare23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Feb
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterResidentRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.00% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorRare40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentRare37–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorRare23–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
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