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
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaScarceUncommon20–23 cm
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 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