Birds to See in Bhutan in May
59 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
59 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Rock Dove, Cuckoo, Plumbeous Water-redstart and Red-billed Chough. New this month: Eurasian Collared Dove, Alpine Chough and Dipper.
New in May3
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
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
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(30)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(16)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Feb–May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Oct–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