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
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorRare40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentRare37–43 cmRegularly May–Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Dec–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