Birds to See in Bhutan in November
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.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 57 birds in November
57 birds
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.71% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.69% in Nov
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentCommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Nov
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.16% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.16% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
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