Birds to See in Bhutan in January
58 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
58 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Plumbeous Water-redstart, Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Great Cormorant. New this month: Eurasian Collared Dove, Red-crested Pochard, Common Shelduck and Crag Martin 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
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
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
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Jan
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Jan–May
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