Birds to See in Bhutan in February
64 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Plumbeous Water-redstart, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Ruddy Shelduck. New this month: Barn Swallow, Eurasian Wigeon, White-tailed Robin and Pochard and 4 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 64 birds in February
64 birds
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.81% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.67% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.67% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentCommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Feb
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.29% in Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.26% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.16% in Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.12% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Feb
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoPassage migrantCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Feb
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Feb
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusScarceRare23–25 cmRegularly Feb · 0.01% in Feb
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