Birds to See in Pakistan in December
102 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in December14
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
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
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(5)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
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Winter visitors
(56)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Jun–Feb
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(19)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Sep–Jan
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Black-bellied Tern
Sterna acuticaudaEN
Regularly Dec–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
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