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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
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