Birds in Thailand

127 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Thailand has 127 bird species recorded regularly there: 32 residents, 5 summer visitors, 68 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 4.9 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Thailand in September

73 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 73 birds in September

Arriving in September: Pied Wagtail, Grey Plover, Garganey, Common Snipe, Wryneck, Avocet, Hobby, Orange-breasted Green-pigeon and 1 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Thailand each month: most in January (109), fewest in June (53). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Yellow-browed Warbler
Yellow-browed WarblerSmallest · 10cm
to
Great White Egret
Great White EgretLargest · 104cm
From the Yellow-browed Warbler (10 cm) to the Great White Egret (104 cm)40 families

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All 127 birds on the list

Showing 93–115 of 127 species

Common Crane

Common Crane

Grus grusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Starling

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgarisLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greater White-fronted Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifronsLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Western Marsh-harrier

Western Marsh-harrier

Circus aeruginosusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Mallard

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchosLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greylag Goose

Greylag Goose

Anser anserLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Dec–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-tailed Gull

Black-tailed Gull

Larus crassirostrisLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Gadwall

Gadwall

Mareca streperaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Jan–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Roseate Tern

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougalliiLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Apr–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Helmeted Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagrisLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Mar–Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Kittiwake

Kittiwake

Rissa tridactylaVU

ScarceRare

Regularly Jan–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Jan–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red-flanked Bluetail

Red-flanked Bluetail

Tarsiger cyanurusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Dec–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red-crested Pochard

Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufinaLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Northern Lapwing

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellusNT

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Dec–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pochard

Pochard

Aythya ferinaVU

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Dec–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Swan Goose

Swan Goose

Anser cygnoidesEN

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Muscovy Duck

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschataLC

ResidentRare

Regularly Oct–Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hen Harrier

Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybitaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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