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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
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