Rare Birds in Malaysia
Our list for Malaysia has 35 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 10 winter visitors, 13 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Malaysia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 35, most common first
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusScarceRare41–46 cmRegularly May
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusScarceRare25–30 cm
HoopoeUpupa epopsScarceRare25–32 cm
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Dec–May
BuzzardButeo buteoScarceRare51–57 cm
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly May
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusScarceRare27–31 cm
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantRare80–100 cmRegularly Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosScarceRare50–65 cm
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusScarceRare48–66 cm
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusScarceRare18–20 cm
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