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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Nepal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 48, most common first
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusScarceRare14–16 cmRegularly Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantRare58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisScarceRare69–81 cm
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusScarceRare40–42 cm
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Nov
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly 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