Birds to See in Nepal in August
52 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
52 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow and Rose-ringed Parakeet. New this month: Temminck's Stint, Red-billed Chough, Pacific Golden-Plover and Gull-billed Tern and 5 more.
New in August9
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(27)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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