Uncommon Birds in Thailand
Our list for Thailand has 57 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 1 summer visitor and 36 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Thailand in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May
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