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
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year
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