Rare Birds in Thailand
Our list for Thailand has 58 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 4 summer visitors, 28 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Thailand in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 58, most common first
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantRare100–130 cmRegularly Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaScarceRare53–57 cm
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantRare28–31 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorRare42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantRare10–12 cmRegularly Dec
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