Birds to See in Pakistan in April
67 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
67 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Common Rosefinch and Rose-ringed Parakeet. New this month: Blue Rock-thrush, Cuckoo, Dunlin and Curlew Sandpiper.
New in April4
Leaving after last month31
- Common Starling
- Eurasian Teal
- Coal Tit
- Water Pipit
- Pochard
- Northern Pintail
- Booted Eagle
- Great Grey Shrike
- Cinereous Vulture
- Common Tern
- Griffon Vulture
- Indian Peafowl
- Glossy Ibis
- Woodpigeon
- Tufted Duck
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Red-crested Pochard
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Whimbrel
- Crag Martin
- Short-toed Lark
- Common Crane
- Common Quail
- Great Crested Grebe
- Avocet
- Moustached Warbler
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Nightjar
- Jack Snipe
- Black-necked Grebe
- Hen Harrier
Residents
(21)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(37)Present outside the breeding season
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–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