Uncommon Birds in Bhutan
Our list for Bhutan has 53 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 27 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bhutan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cm
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–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