Birds in Bhutan
96 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Bhutan has 96 bird species recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 2 summer visitors, 39 winter visitors, 32 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 482,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Bhutan in September
30 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Pied Wagtail
Winter visitor
Rock Dove
Resident
Hoopoe
Summer visitor
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Resident
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Resident
Common Sandpiper
Winter visitor
Red-billed Chough
Resident
Grey Wagtail
Winter visitor
Arriving in September: Green Sandpiper, Black-crowned Night-heron, Barn Swallow, Alpine Chough, Common Snipe, Hobby, Wryneck, Osprey.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Bhutan each month: most in April (74), fewest in July (18). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
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Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Feb–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
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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