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
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Jun
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
MagpiePica picaPassage migrantUncommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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