Birds to See in Nepal in April
96 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Hobby, European Goldfinch, Mistle Thrush and Common Swift.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Nepal’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 96 birds in April
96 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.00% in Apr
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentCommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Apr
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Apr
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorWinter visitorRare45–53 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.00% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in 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