Uncommon Birds in India
Our list for India has 76 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 3 summer visitors, 46 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in India in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–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