Bird AlbumPakistan · Islamabad Capital Territory
Margalla Hills Trail 5
200 species and 9,380 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–June, with up to 76 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
Jungle BabblerArgya striata
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
House CrowCorvus splendens
Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
Blue-throated BarbetPsilopogon asiaticus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis31 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 200 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Talhaar Ridge - Margalla Hills3 km121 species
- Margalla Hills Trail 44 km131 species
- Murree Road Creek6 km127 species
- Lake View Park6 km193 species
- Rawal Lake7 km183 species
- Rawal Lake East - Bani Gala Side7 km187 species
All 200 species recorded here
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- White-cheeked Bushtit Aegithalos leucogenys
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Picus squamatus
- Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- White-throated Bushtit Aegithalos niveogularis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Tytler's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Margalla Hills Trail 5?
April–June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 76 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Margalla Hills Trail 5?
200 species, from 9,380 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Margalla Hills Trail 5 in November?
The most recorded in November: Himalayan Bulbul, Jungle Babbler, Cinereous Tit, Indian White-eye and Red-vented Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.