Birds to See in Nepal in September
69 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
69 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Barn Swallow. New this month: Booted Eagle, Chiffchaff, Alpine Chough and Common Rosefinch and 17 more.
New in September21
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(27)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
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
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
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(25)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Sep
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
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