Birds to See in Nepal in December
109 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Barn Swallow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Black-necked Grebe, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Mandarin Duck and Greater White-fronted Goose and 4 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
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 109 birds in December
109 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Dec
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentCommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Dec
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Dec
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Dec
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Dec
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Dec
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Dec
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Dec
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Dec
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusScarceRare14–16 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorRare100–130 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorWinter visitorRare45–53 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantRare58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Dec
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.00% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Dec
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