Birds to See in Pakistan in September
93 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September36
- Chiffchaff
- Great Cormorant
- Eurasian Teal
- Bluethroat
- Black Redstart
- Common Snipe
- Northern Shoveler
- Mallard
- Osprey
- Pochard
- Northern Pintail
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler
- Egyptian Vulture
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Kentish Plover
- Garganey
- Greater Flamingo
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Sand Martin
- Dunlin
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Grey Plover
- Crag Martin
- Short-toed Lark
- Wryneck
- Common Quail
- Whitethroat
- Avocet
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
- Golden Eagle
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Leaving after last month3
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
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Winter visitors
(42)Present outside the breeding season
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Jun–Feb
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(19)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Phylloscopus griseolusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Sep–Jan
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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