Pakistan · Sindh
Haleji Lake
250 species and 8,440 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March, with up to 117 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Russian Beach35 km135 species
- Malir Dam50 km182 species
- Deh Thano - Mallir55 km161 species
- Clifton Lagoon74 km160 species
- Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary79 km203 species
- Kirthar National Park - Khar Center80 km155 species
All 250 species recorded here
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Rufous-vented Grass Babbler Laticilla burnesii
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Sind Woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Haleji Lake?
January–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 117 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Haleji Lake?
250 species, from 8,440 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Haleji Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Cormorant, White-throated Kingfisher, Indian Pond Heron, Common Kingfisher and Pied Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.