Rare Birds in Pakistan
Our list for Pakistan has 28 rare birds recorded regularly there: 14 passage migrants and 14 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarceRare28–34 cmRegularly Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusScarceRare33–38 cm
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaScarceRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantRare32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceRare58–67 cm
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisScarceRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep
Black-bellied TernSterna acuticaudaPassage migrantRare32–35 cmRegularly Dec–May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaScarceRare23–26 cm
Long-eared OwlAsio otusScarceRare35–40 cm
DipperCinclus cinclusScarceRare17–20 cm
JackdawColoeus monedulaScarceRare34–39 cm
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Wren 9–10 cm
- Cetti's Warbler 13–14 cm
- House Martin 13–15 cm
- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush 16–19 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Horned Lark 16–20 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Dipper 17–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- European Bee-eater 27–29 cm
- Black-necked Grebe 28–34 cm
- Black-bellied Tern 32–35 cm
- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Chukar 32–38 cm
- Little Bittern 33–38 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 cm
- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Eurasian Bittern 69–81 cm
- Golden Eagle 66–102 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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