Birds in Myanmar (Burma)

99 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Myanmar (Burma) has 99 bird species recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 3 summer visitors, 46 winter visitors, 34 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 119,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Myanmar (Burma) in September

20 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 20 birds in September

Arriving in September: Pied Wagtail, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Red Junglefowl.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Myanmar (Burma) each month: most in January (82), fewest in June (18). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Yellow-browed Warbler
Yellow-browed WarblerSmallest · 10cm
to
Sarus Crane
Sarus CraneLargest · 156cm
From the Yellow-browed Warbler (10 cm) to the Sarus Crane (156 cm)32 families

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All 99 birds on the list

Showing 24–46 of 99 species

Spotted Owlet

Spotted Owlet

Athene bramaLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Jul–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Grebe

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollisLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Oct–Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Kestrel

Kestrel

Falco tinnunculusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red Junglefowl

Red Junglefowl

Gallus gallusLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Sep–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Moorhen

Moorhen

Gallinula chloropusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sarus Crane

Sarus Crane

Grus antigoneVU

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Rosefinch

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jan–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cuckoo

Cuckoo

Cuculus canorusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareolaLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carboLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Blue-eared Barbet

Blue-eared Barbet

Psilopogon cyanotisLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jan–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Wryneck

Wryneck

Jynx torquillaLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Coot

Coot

Fulica atraLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greenshank

Greenshank

Tringa nebulariaLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Redshank

Redshank

Tringa totanusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Nov–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Nov–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Snipe

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinagoLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black Eagle

Black Eagle

Ictinaetus malaiensisLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Dec–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Blue Rock-thrush

Blue Rock-thrush

Monticola solitariusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
White-crested Laughingthrush

White-crested Laughingthrush

Garrulax leucolophusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover

Charadrius alexandrinusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Osprey

Osprey

Pandion haliaetusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Bluethroat

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecicaLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Dec–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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