Birds to See in Pakistan in February
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.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
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.
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All 87 birds in February
87 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.89% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.71% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.69% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.68% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.33% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.28% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Feb
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.22% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.15% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.12% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusResidentUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Feb
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.07% in Feb
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Feb
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantUncommon86–230 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
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