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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Nepal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaScarceUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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