Birds to See in Myanmar (Burma) in February
71 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
71 bird species on our list for Myanmar (Burma) are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Temminck's Stint, Sparrowhawk, Oriental Scops-owl and Bonelli's Eagle and 1 more.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year

Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year

Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitors
(46)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–May

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year

Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Jul–May

Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Jul–May

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–May

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–May

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr

Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb

Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Oct–Apr

Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Dec–May

Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Nov–May

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Regularly Aug–May

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb

Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Nov–Feb

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr

Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Regularly Jan–Feb

Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct

Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb

Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb

Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Feb

White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb

Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb

Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Feb
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


