Birds to See in Pakistan in October
99 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October16
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
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
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
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly May–Feb
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(50)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–May
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Jun–Feb
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Passage migrants
(21)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Phylloscopus griseolusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Sep–Jan
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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