Common Birds in Bhutan
Our list for Bhutan has 23 common birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 2 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bhutan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentCommon27–31 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoPassage migrantCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Yellow-browed Warbler 10–11 cm
- Coal Tit 10–12 cm
- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Plumbeous Water-redstart 12–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Pied Wagtail 17–19 cm
- Grey Wagtail 17–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Hoopoe 25–32 cm
- White-crested Laughingthrush 27–31 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Cuckoo 32–34 cm
- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Kestrel 32–39 cm
- Red-billed Chough 39–43 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Black Eagle 65–80 cm
- Great Cormorant 80–100 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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