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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in India in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
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