Rare Birds in India
Our list for India has 102 rare birds recorded regularly there: 24 residents, 16 summer visitors, 50 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in India in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Sep–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorRare98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantRare30–34 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentRare14–15 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentRare34–39 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–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