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
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusScarceRare23–25 cm
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar
Vega GullLarus vegaePassage migrantRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantRare32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusScarceRare48–58 cm
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaScarceRare39–56 cm
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoScarceRare100–125 cm
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Jan
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