Birds to See in Nepal in January
108 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(63)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Jan
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Jan
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jan
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Dec–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