Birds to See in Myanmar (Burma) in October
42 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
42 bird species on our list for Myanmar (Burma) are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Yellow-browed Warbler, Ruddy Shelduck, Grey Heron and Little Ringed Plover and 18 more.
New in October22
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(24)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–May
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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