Birds to See in Thailand in October
88 bird species on our list for Thailand are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Barn Swallow, Little Egret, Scaly-breasted Munia and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Yellow-browed Warbler, Spotted Redshank, Booted Eagle and Sand Martin and 11 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Oriental Honey-buzzardBusiest month of the year · All year
Common KingfisherBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
OspreyBusiest month of the year · All year
Peregrine FalconBusiest month of the year · All year
HobbyBusiest month of the year · Sep–Nov
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonBusiest month of the year · May
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 88 birds in October
88 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct- Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.56% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.32% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.23% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct- OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Oct- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusResidentUncommon28–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Oct- HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantRare28–35 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct- Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneSummer visitorRare152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantRare32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Oct
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in 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