Birds to See in Pakistan in December
102 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Barn Swallow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Egyptian Vulture, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Spoonbill and Sand Martin and 10 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Lesser WhitethroatBusiest month of the year · All year
Black RedstartBusiest month of the year · Sep–Jul
Gull-billed TernBusiest month of the year · All year
SparrowhawkBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
MallardBusiest month of the year · Sep–Jun
From Pakistan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 102 birds in December
102 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.74% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.70% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.68% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.64% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.56% in Dec- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.46% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.41% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Dec- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec- SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Dec
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Dec- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec- MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Dec
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusResidentUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Dec
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Dec
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.11% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.10% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.09% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Dec
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.07% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Dec
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Dec
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.05% in Dec
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantUncommon86–230 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Dec
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Dec
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Dec
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Black-bellied TernSterna acuticaudaPassage migrantRare32–35 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.03% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Dec
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
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