Birds to See in Nepal in October
93 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
93 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Great Cormorant, Ruddy Shelduck, Eurasian Teal and Gadwall and 23 more.
New in October27
- Great Cormorant
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Eurasian Teal
- Gadwall
- Coot
- Bluethroat
- Eurasian Wren
- Cinereous Vulture
- White-tailed Robin
- Tufted Duck
- Northern Pintail
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Northern Shoveler
- Tree Pipit
- Hen Harrier
- Golden Eagle
- Crag Martin
- Redshank
- Common Quail
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Horned Lark
- European Goldfinch
- Goldcrest
- Blossom-headed Parakeet
- Red Crossbill
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(48)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly May–Nov
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–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