Birds to See in Bhutan in October
59 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
59 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Plumbeous Water-redstart, Rock Dove, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Grey Wagtail. New this month: Ruddy Shelduck, Great Cormorant, Yellow-browed Warbler and Cuckoo and 26 more.
New in October30
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Great Cormorant
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Cuckoo
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Red Junglefowl
- Eurasian Wren
- Temminck's Stint
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Eurasian Teal
- Gadwall
- Goldcrest
- Mallard
- White-tailed Robin
- Hen Harrier
- Garganey
- Greenshank
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Little Ringed Plover
- Peregrine Falcon
- Blue-eared Barbet
- Dipper
- Common Raven
- Buzzard
- Black Redstart
- Orange-headed Thrush
- Northern Goshawk
- Booted Eagle
- Golden Eagle
Leaving after last month1
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
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
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