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
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 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