Birds to See in Nepal in May
72 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
72 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Cuckoo. New this month: Horned Lark, Little Tern and Brambling.
New in May3
Leaving after last month27
- Great Cormorant
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Eurasian Teal
- Gadwall
- Coot
- Mallard
- Chiffchaff
- Bluethroat
- Bar-headed Goose
- Cinereous Vulture
- Tufted Duck
- Northern Pintail
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Red-crested Pochard
- Tree Pipit
- Hen Harrier
- Kentish Plover
- Redshank
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Northern Goshawk
- European Goldfinch
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Spotted Redshank
- Red Crossbill
- Curlew
- Mistle Thrush
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(28)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Oct–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–May
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly May–Nov
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly May
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Dec–May
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