Rare Birds in Nepal
Our list for Nepal has 48 rare birds recorded regularly there: 18 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nepal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 48, most common first
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Nov–May
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorRare100–130 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorWinter visitorRare45–53 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–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