Pakistan Ramsar wetland
Haleji Lake
214 bird species recorded; the most from January to February.
Iqran Rasheed · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
172 species in January.161 species in February.139 species in March.124 species in April.83 species in May.86 species in June.88 species in July.86 species in August.107 species in September.107 species in October.115 species in November.141 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
214 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 214Speciesrecorded more than once
- 103Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 9,010Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 23Raptors
- 4Owls
- 27Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 78Songbirds
- 34Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 214 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Pallas’s fish eagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVU
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensisCR
- White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Laggar FalconFalco juggerNT
- Red-headed FalconFalco chicqueraNT
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Pallid Scops-OwlOtus brucei
- Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RedshankTringa totanus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds78 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- Striated BabblerTurdoides earlei
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- Common BabblerTurdoides caudata
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Sand LarkCalandrella raytal
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pale MartinRiparia diluta
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Jungle SparrowPasser pyrrhonotus
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
- Rufous-vented Grass BabblerLaticilla burnesiiNT
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
- Eastern Pied WheatearOenanthe picata
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensis
- Emberiza buchananiEmberiza buchanani
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Desert WarblerSylvia nana
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Plain Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus neglectus
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds34 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Indian NightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Sykes's NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis
- Pterocles exustusPterocles exustus
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from January to February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan25°/11°4 mm
- Feb28°/13°2 mm
- Mar33°/17°3 mm
- Apr37°/21°2 mm
- May38°/24°21 mm
- Jun37°/27°16 mm
- Jul35°/26°48 mm
- Aug34°/25°71 mm
- Sep34°/24°22 mm
- Oct35°/21°6 mm
- Nov31°/17°1 mm
- Dec26°/12°6 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Haleji Lake.
Lake in Sindh, Pakistan
Haleji Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Pakistan.
214 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 9,010 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Cormorant, the Pied Kingfisher and the White-breasted Kingfisher.
22 species come for the summer, 78 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including River Tern, Common Pochard and Eastern Imperial Eagle.
The most species are recorded from January to February.
Get there and watch
- Thattanearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Jinnah International Airport (KHI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 63 km in a straight lineCar hire at KHI airport (Karachi)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Haleji Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas15 mountains within 25 kmOnghar · 7.2 kmDagarāni · 12 kmAbbās · 14 kmMāru · 15 kmKārothol · 15 kmMakli Hills · 17 kmDomāni · 18 kmSāhiji · 19 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmHaleji Lake14 km² · 0.6 kmHadero Lake5.5 km² · 8.3 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Haleji Lake
Pakistan
- 80Birdyas Score
- 214Species
- 103Migrants
- 7Threatened
Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve
India · 216 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 217Species
- 160Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5641471) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 9,010 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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