Birds to See in Timor-Leste in October
22 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
22 bird species on our list for Timor-Leste are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Scaly-breasted Munia and Greenshank. New this month: Common Kingfisher, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Pacific Golden-Plover and Red Junglefowl and 9 more.
Residents
(4)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminataVU
Regularly Oct–Nov
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Oct
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Dec
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
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