Uncommon Birds in Nepal
Our list for Nepal has 70 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 3 summer visitors, 38 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 70, most common first
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–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