Birds to See in Thailand in February
108 bird species on our list for Thailand are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Little Egret, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Yellow-browed Warbler. New this month: Rufous-tailed Tailorbird and Budgerigar.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Grey WagtailBusiest month of the year · Jul–Apr
Temminck's StintBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
Plumbeous Water-redstartBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Blossom-headed ParakeetBusiest month of the year · All year
BuzzardBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Tufted DuckBusiest month of the year · Nov–Mar
From Thailand’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 108 birds in February
108 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.90% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.39% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Feb
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusResidentUncommon28–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Feb
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Feb
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Feb- Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Feb- Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb- BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Feb- Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Feb
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorRare42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Feb
Vega GullLarus vegaePassage migrantRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneSummer visitorRare152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
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