Birds to See in Bhutan in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
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 58 birds in December
58 birds
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.97% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.69% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.57% in Dec
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentCommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Dec
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Dec
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Dec
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Dec
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in 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