Birds to See in Bhutan in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 January
58 birds
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.61% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.54% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Jan
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentCommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.35% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.28% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Jan
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoPassage migrantCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantRare10–12 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.03% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
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