Birds to See in Bhutan in September
30 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove, Hoopoe, Plumbeous Water-redstart and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Black-crowned Night-heron, Barn Swallow and Alpine Chough and 4 more.
New in September8
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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