Birds to See in Bhutan in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 59 birds in October
59 birds
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.78% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentCommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.13% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoPassage migrantCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Oct
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
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