Birds to See in Bhutan in November
57 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
57 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Plumbeous Water-redstart, Pied Wagtail, Kestrel, Rock Dove and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Common Merganser, Red-crested Pochard, Coot 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

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

Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year

Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitors
(33)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May

Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul–May

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–May

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–May

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May

Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–May

Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–May

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Oct–May

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–May

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–May

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Aug–May

Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–May

Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Mar

Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec

Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Oct–Dec

Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Nov–May

Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Oct–May

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–Nov

Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Nov–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
