Birds to See in Nepal in February
97 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Coal Tit, Red Crossbill and Short-eared Owl.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 97 birds in February
97 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentCommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Feb
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorRare100–130 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorWinter visitorRare45–53 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
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