Birds to See in Pakistan in July
64 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
64 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Little Egret. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull and Great Cormorant and 15 more.
New in July19
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
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
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
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Summer visitors
(10)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
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Winter visitors
(24)Present outside the breeding season
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
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