Birds to See in Pakistan in October
99 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Hoopoe and Rose-ringed Parakeet. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Common Starling, Coal Tit and Water Pipit and 12 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 99 birds in October
99 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.89% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.76% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.53% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.44% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.33% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.31% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.28% in Oct
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.22% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusResidentUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.10% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.08% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.07% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.07% in Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Oct
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantUncommon86–230 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in 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