Birds to See in Bhutan in April
74 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(39)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Passage migrants
(22)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Feb–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Feb–Apr
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–May
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