Birds to See in Bhutan in May
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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
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 59 birds in May
59 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in May
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentCommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.25% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in May
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in May
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.10% in May
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.07% in May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in May
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in May
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.04% in May
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoPassage migrantCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in May
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in 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