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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 97, most common first
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusResidentUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
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