Birds to See in Pakistan in August
60 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
60 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Little Egret. New this month: Western Marsh-harrier, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Temminck's Stint and 5 more.
New in August9
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
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly May–Feb
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(22)Present outside the breeding season
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
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