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
Black-bellied TernSterna acuticaudaPassage migrantRare32–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorRare58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentRare58–68 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterResidentRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentRare26–29 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorRare23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–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