Common Birds in Pakistan
Our list for Pakistan has 25 common birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 2 summer visitors and 10 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Chiffchaff 10–12 cm
- Lesser Whitethroat 11–13 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Indian Robin 15–17 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Pied Wagtail 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Grey Wagtail 17–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Common Starling 21–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Hoopoe 25–32 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Moorhen 30–38 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great Cormorant 80–100 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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