Birds to See in Pakistan in January
108 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Pied Wagtail and Little Egret. New this month: Hobby, Glossy Ibis, Whimbrel and Common Crane and 8 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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.
Other months
All 108 birds in January
108 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.91% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.74% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.69% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.48% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Jan
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.26% in Jan
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusResidentUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.14% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.11% in Jan
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Jan
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantRare32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.02% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
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