Birds to See in Bhutan in August
24 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
24 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Hoopoe, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail and Plumbeous Water-redstart. New this month: Grey Wagtail, Common Kingfisher, Coal Tit and Sparrowhawk and 4 more.
New in August8
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
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