Birds to See in Pakistan in May
73 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
73 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Little Egret. New this month: Scaly-breasted Munia, Coal Tit, Pochard and Hobby and 15 more.
New in May19
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
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly May–Feb
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Phylloscopus griseolusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly May
Black-bellied Tern
Sterna acuticaudaEN
Regularly Dec–May
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May
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