Birds to See in Bhutan in December
58 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
58 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Plumbeous Water-redstart, Pied Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, Rock Dove and Great Cormorant. New this month: Black-crowned Night-heron, Bar-headed Goose, Common Snipe and Northern Pintail and 3 more.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
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
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(39)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
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