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
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusResidentUncommon25–31 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
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