Uncommon Birds in Pakistan
Our list for Pakistan has 97 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 8 summer visitors, 46 winter visitors and 34 passage migrants
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 97, most common first
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
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