Birds to See in Pakistan in February
87 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
87 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Little Egret. New this month: Coal Tit, Common Swift and Indian Peafowl.
New in February3
Leaving after last month24
- Hobby
- Cinereous Vulture
- Common Tern
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Griffon Vulture
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Whimbrel
- Dunlin
- Little Tern
- Grey Plover
- Common Quail
- Northern Lapwing
- Peregrine Falcon
- Water Rail
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Short-eared Owl
- Jack Snipe
- Ringed Plover
- Chukar
- Montagu's Harrier
- Reed Bunting
- Cetti's Warbler
- Hen Harrier
Residents
(22)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
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(56)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–May
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–May
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Jun–Feb
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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