Birds to See in Bhutan in April
74 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Plumbeous Water-redstart, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Pied Wagtail and Red-billed Chough. New this month: Cuckoo, Common Snipe, Hobby and Wryneck and 7 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Bhutan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 74 birds in April
74 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Apr
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentCommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.15% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.10% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.09% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Apr
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Apr
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.00% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
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