Birds to See in Nepal in January
108 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Barn Swallow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Pacific Golden-Plover, Oriental Scops-owl, White-tailed Sea-eagle and Goldeneye and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 108 birds in January
108 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentCommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Jan
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Jan
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorRare100–130 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorWinter visitorRare45–53 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantRare58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
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