Birds to See in Nepal in November
108 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Barn Swallow and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Common Merganser, Mallard, Bar-headed Goose and Pochard and 15 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 November
108 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Nov
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentCommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Nov
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Nov
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorRare100–130 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
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