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
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantUncommon86–230 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly May–Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–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