Birds to See in Pakistan in September
93 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Hoopoe. New this month: Chiffchaff, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Teal and Bluethroat and 32 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 93 birds in September
93 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.40% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.19% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.19% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Sep
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantUncommon86–230 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.16% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.16% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusResidentUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.14% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.13% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.09% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.07% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.07% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.06% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisScarceRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaScarceRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
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