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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Bhutan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–May
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–May
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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