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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Thailand in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusResidentUncommon28–30 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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