Bhutan bird checklist

729 bird species in 93 families have been recorded in Bhutan, according to eBird; about 438 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Bhutan right now

  1. 1Common Myna
  2. 2White Wagtail
  3. 3Large-billed Crow
  4. 4Black Bulbul
  5. 5White-crested Laughingthrush
  6. 6Spotted Dove
  7. 7Great Barbet
  8. 8Gray Treepie
  9. 9Black-chinned Yuhina
  10. 10Ashy Drongo
The top 20, and how they are ranked

Bhutan bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

  • Lesser Whistling-Duck
  • Bar-headed Goose
  • Graylag Goose
  • Greater White-fronted Goose
  • Ruddy Shelduck
  • Common Shelduck
  • Mandarin Duck
  • Garganey
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Gadwall
  • Falcated Duck
  • Eurasian Wigeon
  • Indian Spot-billed Duck
  • Eastern Spot-billed Duck
  • Mallard
  • Northern Pintail
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Red-crested Pochard
  • Common Pochard
  • Ferruginous Duck
  • Tufted Duck
  • Greater Scaup
  • Common Goldeneye
  • Common Merganser

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

  • Hill Partridge
  • Chestnut-breasted Partridge
  • Rufous-throated Partridge
  • White-cheeked Partridge
  • Snow Partridge
  • Blood Pheasant
  • Satyr Tragopan
  • Blyth's Tragopan
  • Temminck's Tragopan
  • Himalayan Monal
  • Tibetan Partridge
  • Kalij Pheasant
  • Indian Peafowl
  • Gray Peacock-Pheasant
  • Red Junglefowl
  • Black Francolin
  • Tibetan Snowcock
  • Common Quail
  • Japanese Quail

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon
  • Hill Pigeon
  • Snow Pigeon
  • Speckled Wood-Pigeon
  • Ashy Wood-Pigeon
  • Oriental Turtle-Dove
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • Red Collared-Dove
  • Spotted Dove
  • Barred Cuckoo-Dove
  • Asian Emerald Dove
  • Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
  • Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon
  • Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
  • Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
  • Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon
  • Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon
  • Green Imperial-Pigeon
  • Mountain Imperial-Pigeon

Cuckoos

  • Greater Coucal
  • Lesser Coucal
  • Green-billed Malkoha
  • Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
  • Pied Cuckoo
  • Asian Koel
  • Asian Emerald Cuckoo
  • Violet Cuckoo
  • Banded Bay Cuckoo
  • Plaintive Cuckoo
  • Gray-bellied Cuckoo
  • Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
  • Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
  • Large Hawk-Cuckoo
  • Common Hawk-Cuckoo
  • Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
  • Lesser Cuckoo
  • Indian Cuckoo
  • Himalayan Cuckoo
  • Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

  • Gray Nightjar
  • Large-tailed Nightjar
  • Savanna Nightjar

Frogmouths

  • Hodgson's Frogmouth

Swifts

  • White-rumped Spinetail
  • White-throated Needletail
  • Silver-backed Needletail
  • Brown-backed Needletail
  • Himalayan Swiftlet
  • Alpine Swift
  • Common Swift
  • Pacific Swift
  • Salim Ali's Swift
  • Blyth's Swift
  • Dark-rumped Swift
  • Little Swift
  • House Swift
  • Asian Palm Swift

Treeswifts

  • Crested Treeswift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Slaty-breasted Rail
  • Eurasian Moorhen
  • Eurasian Coot
  • Watercock
  • White-breasted Waterhen
  • Slaty-legged Crake
  • Ruddy-breasted Crake
  • Black-tailed Crake

Cranes

  • Common Crane
  • Black-necked Crane

Thick-knees

  • Great Thick-knee
  • Indian Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

  • Black-winged Stilt
  • Pied Avocet

Ibisbill

  • Ibisbill

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Pacific Golden-Plover
  • Little Ringed Plover
  • Long-billed Plover
  • Northern Lapwing
  • River Lapwing
  • Yellow-wattled Lapwing
  • Gray-headed Lapwing
  • Red-wattled Lapwing
  • Tibetan Sand-Plover
  • Kentish Plover

Painted-Snipes

  • Greater Painted-Snipe

Jacanas

  • Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Eurasian Curlew
  • Eurasian Woodcock
  • Solitary Snipe
  • Wood Snipe
  • Pin-tailed Snipe
  • Common Snipe
  • Red-necked Phalarope
  • Common Sandpiper
  • Green Sandpiper
  • Wood Sandpiper
  • Common Redshank
  • Spotted Redshank
  • Common Greenshank
  • Ruff
  • Curlew Sandpiper
  • Temminck's Stint
  • Little Stint

Buttonquail

  • Barred Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

  • Small Pratincole
  • Oriental Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Slender-billed Gull
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Brown-headed Gull
  • Pallas's Gull
  • Caspian Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Little Tern
  • Whiskered Tern
  • River Tern
  • Common Tern

Grebes

  • Little Grebe
  • Red-necked Grebe
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Eared Grebe

Storks

  • Asian Openbill
  • Black Stork
  • Asian Woolly-necked Stork
  • Black-necked Stork
  • Lesser Adjutant
  • Greater Adjutant

Cormorants and Shags

  • Little Cormorant
  • Great Cormorant
  • Indian Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

  • Black-headed Ibis
  • Red-naped Ibis

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

  • Cinnamon Bittern
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Malayan Night Heron
  • Little Egret
  • Little Heron
  • Indian Pond-Heron
  • Chinese Pond-Heron
  • Eastern Cattle-Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Medium Egret
  • Gray Heron
  • White-bellied Heron

Pelicans

  • Spot-billed Pelican

Osprey

  • Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • Black-winged Kite
  • Bearded Vulture
  • Egyptian Vulture
  • Jerdon's Baza
  • Black Baza
  • Oriental Honey-buzzard
  • Cinereous Vulture
  • Himalayan Griffon
  • White-rumped Vulture
  • Indian Vulture
  • Eurasian Griffon
  • Crested Serpent-Eagle
  • Mountain Hawk-Eagle
  • Changeable Hawk-Eagle
  • Rufous-bellied Eagle
  • Black Eagle
  • Greater Spotted Eagle
  • Booted Eagle
  • Steppe Eagle
  • Golden Eagle
  • Bonelli's Eagle
  • Crested Goshawk
  • Besra
  • Shikra
  • Eurasian Sparrowhawk
  • Eurasian Goshawk
  • Western Marsh Harrier
  • Hen Harrier
  • Pied Harrier
  • Black Kite
  • White-tailed Eagle
  • Pallas's Fish-Eagle
  • Common Buzzard
  • Long-legged Buzzard
  • Upland Buzzard
  • Himalayan Buzzard
  • Eastern Buzzard

Barn-Owls

  • Eastern Barn Owl
  • Oriental Bay-Owl

Owls

  • Mountain Scops-Owl
  • Collared Scops-Owl
  • Oriental Scops-Owl
  • Eurasian Eagle-Owl
  • Brown Fish-Owl
  • Tawny Fish-Owl
  • Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
  • Asian Barred Owlet
  • Jungle Owlet
  • Collared Owlet
  • Spotted Owlet
  • Little Owl
  • Brown Wood-Owl
  • Himalayan Owl
  • Long-eared Owl
  • Short-eared Owl
  • Brown Boobook

Trogons

  • Red-headed Trogon
  • Ward's Trogon

Hoopoes

  • Common Hoopoe

Hornbills

  • Great Hornbill
  • Indian Gray Hornbill
  • Oriental Pied-Hornbill
  • Rufous-necked Hornbill
  • Wreathed Hornbill

Bee-eaters

  • Blue-bearded Bee-eater
  • Asian Green Bee-eater
  • Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  • Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Kingfishers

  • Blyth's Kingfisher
  • Common Kingfisher
  • Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
  • Stork-billed Kingfisher
  • Ruddy Kingfisher
  • White-throated Kingfisher
  • Black-capped Kingfisher
  • Crested Kingfisher
  • Pied Kingfisher

Rollers

  • European Roller
  • Indian Roller
  • Indochinese Roller
  • Dollarbird

Asian Barbets

  • Coppersmith Barbet
  • Blue-eared Barbet
  • Great Barbet
  • Lineated Barbet
  • Golden-throated Barbet
  • Blue-throated Barbet

Honeyguides

  • Yellow-rumped Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

  • Eurasian Wryneck
  • Speckled Piculet
  • White-browed Piculet
  • Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
  • Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
  • Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
  • Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
  • Stripe-breasted Woodpecker
  • Darjeeling Woodpecker
  • Crimson-naped Woodpecker
  • Bay Woodpecker
  • Greater Flameback
  • Rufous Woodpecker
  • Pale-headed Woodpecker
  • Himalayan Flameback
  • Black-rumped Flameback
  • Lesser Yellownape
  • Streak-throated Woodpecker
  • Gray-headed Woodpecker
  • Greater Yellownape
  • Great Slaty Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

  • Pied Falconet
  • Collared Falconet
  • Eurasian Kestrel
  • Red-necked Falcon
  • Amur Falcon
  • Eurasian Hobby
  • Oriental Hobby
  • Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

  • Alexandrine Parakeet
  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
  • Slaty-headed Parakeet
  • Plum-headed Parakeet
  • Red-breasted Parakeet

Asian and Grauer's Broadbills

  • Long-tailed Broadbill
  • Gray-lored Broadbill

Pittas

  • Blue-naped Pitta
  • Indian Pitta
  • Western Hooded Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

  • Small Minivet
  • Gray-chinned Minivet
  • Short-billed Minivet
  • Long-tailed Minivet
  • Scarlet Minivet
  • Rosy Minivet
  • Oriental Cuckooshrike
  • Black-winged Cuckooshrike
  • Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis

  • Black-headed Shrike-Babbler
  • White-browed Shrike-Babbler
  • Green Shrike-Babbler
  • Black-eared Shrike-Babbler
  • White-bellied Erpornis

Old World Orioles

  • Indian Golden Oriole
  • Black-naped Oriole
  • Slender-billed Oriole
  • Black-hooded Oriole
  • Maroon Oriole

Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies

  • Ashy Woodswallow

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

  • Large Woodshrike
  • Common Woodshrike
  • Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Ioras

  • Common Iora

Fantails

  • White-throated Fantail

Drongos

  • Black Drongo
  • Ashy Drongo
  • Crow-billed Drongo
  • Bronzed Drongo
  • Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
  • Hair-crested Drongo
  • Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

  • Black-naped Monarch
  • Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher
  • Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

  • Brown Shrike
  • Bay-backed Shrike
  • Long-tailed Shrike
  • Gray-backed Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • Eurasian Jay
  • Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie
  • Common Green-Magpie
  • Rufous Treepie
  • Gray Treepie
  • Collared Treepie
  • Black-rumped Magpie
  • Southern Nutcracker
  • Red-billed Chough
  • Yellow-billed Chough
  • House Crow
  • Large-billed Crow
  • Common Raven

Fairy Flycatchers

  • Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail
  • Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

  • Fire-capped Tit
  • Yellow-browed Tit
  • Sultan Tit
  • Coal Tit
  • Rufous-vented Tit
  • Gray-crested Tit
  • Green-backed Tit
  • Asian Tit
  • Yellow-cheeked Tit

Larks

  • Bengal Bushlark
  • Oriental Skylark
  • Horned Lark
  • Greater Short-toed Lark
  • Hume's Lark
  • Sand Lark

Cisticolas and Allies

  • Common Tailorbird
  • Himalayan Prinia
  • Black-throated Prinia
  • Hill Prinia
  • Gray-crowned Prinia
  • Rufescent Prinia
  • Gray-breasted Prinia
  • Jungle Prinia
  • Ashy Prinia
  • Plain Prinia
  • Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

  • Thick-billed Warbler
  • Booted Warbler
  • Blyth's Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

  • Brown Bush Warbler
  • Spotted Bush Warbler
  • Russet Bush Warbler

Cupwings

  • Scaly-breasted Cupwing
  • Pygmy Cupwing

Swallows

  • Gray-throated Martin
  • Bank Swallow
  • Pale Martin
  • Eurasian Crag-Martin
  • Barn Swallow
  • Asian House-Martin
  • Nepal House-Martin
  • Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Bulbuls

  • White-throated Bulbul
  • Striated Bulbul
  • Ashy Bulbul
  • Mountain Bulbul
  • Black Bulbul
  • Black-crested Bulbul
  • Flavescent Bulbul
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul
  • Red-vented Bulbul
  • Himalayan Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

  • Ashy-throated Warbler
  • Buff-barred Warbler
  • Yellow-browed Warbler
  • Hume's Warbler
  • Lemon-rumped Warbler
  • Tickell's Leaf Warbler
  • Dusky Warbler
  • Smoky Warbler
  • Common Chiffchaff
  • White-spectacled Warbler
  • Gray-cheeked Warbler
  • Green-crowned Warbler
  • Gray-crowned Warbler
  • Whistler's Warbler
  • Greenish Warbler
  • Large-billed Leaf Warbler
  • Chestnut-crowned Warbler
  • Yellow-vented Warbler
  • Blyth's Leaf Warbler
  • Gray-hooded Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

  • Pale-footed Bush Warbler
  • Gray-bellied Tesia
  • Slaty-bellied Tesia
  • Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
  • Gray-sided Bush Warbler
  • Chestnut-headed Tesia
  • Yellow-bellied Warbler
  • Rufous-faced Warbler
  • Black-faced Warbler
  • Mountain Tailorbird
  • Broad-billed Warbler
  • Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
  • Hume's Bush Warbler
  • Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler
  • Aberrant Bush Warbler

Long-tailed Tits

  • White-browed Tit-Warbler
  • Black-throated Tit
  • Black-browed Tit

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

  • Lesser Whitethroat

Parrotbills

  • Fire-tailed Myzornis
  • Golden-breasted Fulvetta
  • Yellow-eyed Babbler
  • Brown-throated Fulvetta
  • White-browed Fulvetta
  • Great Parrotbill
  • Brown Parrotbill
  • Gray-headed Parrotbill
  • White-breasted Parrotbill
  • Rufous-headed Parrotbill
  • Fulvous Parrotbill
  • Black-throated Parrotbill
  • Pale-billed Parrotbill

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

  • Striated Yuhina
  • Black-chinned Yuhina
  • Whiskered Yuhina
  • White-naped Yuhina
  • Stripe-throated Yuhina
  • Rufous-vented Yuhina
  • Indian White-eye

Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies

  • Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
  • Golden Babbler
  • Rufous-capped Babbler
  • Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler
  • Bar-winged Wren-Babbler
  • Black-crowned Scimitar-Babbler
  • Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler
  • Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler
  • White-browed Scimitar-Babbler
  • Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler
  • Gray-throated Babbler
  • Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler

Ground Babblers and Allies

  • White-hooded Babbler
  • Yellow-throated Fulvetta
  • Rufous-winged Fulvetta
  • Rufous-throated Fulvetta
  • Puff-throated Babbler
  • Spot-throated Babbler
  • Buff-breasted Babbler
  • Abbott's Babbler
  • Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler
  • Long-billed Wren-Babbler

Laughingthrushes and Allies

  • Nepal Fulvetta
  • Striated Laughingthrush
  • Himalayan Cutia
  • Scaly Laughingthrush
  • Blue-winged Laughingthrush
  • Bhutan Laughingthrush
  • Black-faced Laughingthrush
  • Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
  • Long-tailed Sibia
  • Rufous Sibia
  • Beautiful Sibia
  • Hoary-throated Barwing
  • Blue-winged Minla
  • Chestnut-tailed Minla
  • Rusty-fronted Barwing
  • Red-billed Leiothrix
  • Silver-eared Mesia
  • Red-tailed Minla
  • Rufous-backed Sibia
  • Red-faced Liocichla
  • Jungle Babbler
  • Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
  • White-crested Laughingthrush
  • Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush
  • Spotted Laughingthrush
  • Rufous-vented Laughingthrush
  • Rufous-necked Laughingthrush
  • Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
  • White-throated Laughingthrush
  • Gray-sided Laughingthrush

Kinglets

  • Goldcrest

Wallcreeper

  • Wallcreeper

Nuthatches

  • Beautiful Nuthatch
  • Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
  • White-tailed Nuthatch
  • Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch

Treecreepers

  • Eurasian Treecreeper
  • Hodgson's Treecreeper
  • Rusty-flanked Treecreeper
  • Sikkim Treecreeper

Wrens

  • Eurasian Wren

Spotted Elachura

  • Spotted Elachura

Dippers

  • White-throated Dipper
  • Brown Dipper

Starlings

  • Golden-crested Myna
  • Common Hill Myna
  • European Starling
  • Rosy Starling
  • Indian Pied Starling
  • Brahminy Starling
  • Chestnut-tailed Starling
  • White-cheeked Starling
  • Common Myna
  • Bank Myna
  • Jungle Myna
  • Great Myna
  • Spot-winged Starling

Thrushes and Allies

  • Grandala
  • Long-tailed Thrush
  • Alpine Thrush
  • Himalayan Thrush
  • Sichuan Thrush
  • Long-billed Thrush
  • Scaly Thrush
  • Purple Cochoa
  • Green Cochoa
  • Pied Thrush
  • Orange-headed Thrush
  • Gray-winged Blackbird
  • Eurasian Blackbird
  • Tickell's Thrush
  • Black-breasted Thrush
  • Tibetan Blackbird
  • White-backed Thrush
  • Eyebrowed Thrush
  • White-collared Blackbird
  • Chestnut Thrush
  • Black-throated Thrush
  • Red-throated Thrush
  • Dusky Thrush
  • Naumann's Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

  • Dark-sided Flycatcher
  • Ferruginous Flycatcher
  • Asian Brown Flycatcher
  • Brown-breasted Flycatcher
  • Indian Robin
  • Oriental Magpie-Robin
  • White-rumped Shama
  • Large Niltava
  • Small Niltava
  • Rufous-bellied Niltava
  • Verditer Flycatcher
  • White-gorgeted Flycatcher
  • Pale-chinned Flycatcher
  • Pale Blue Flycatcher
  • Blue-throated Flycatcher
  • Hill Blue Flycatcher
  • Rusty-bellied Shortwing
  • Lesser Shortwing
  • Himalayan Shortwing
  • Gould's Shortwing
  • Indian Blue Robin
  • White-bellied Redstart
  • Bluethroat
  • Blue Whistling-Thrush
  • Little Forktail
  • White-crowned Forktail
  • Spotted Forktail
  • Black-backed Forktail
  • Slaty-backed Forktail
  • Siberian Rubythroat
  • Himalayan Rubythroat
  • Chinese Rubythroat
  • White-tailed Robin
  • Blue-fronted Robin
  • Red-flanked Bluetail
  • Himalayan Bluetail
  • Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin
  • White-browed Bush-Robin
  • Golden Bush-Robin
  • Slaty-backed Flycatcher
  • Slaty-blue Flycatcher
  • Snowy-browed Flycatcher
  • Pygmy Flycatcher
  • Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
  • Sapphire Flycatcher
  • Little Pied Flycatcher
  • Ultramarine Flycatcher
  • Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
  • Taiga Flycatcher
  • Red-breasted Flycatcher
  • Blue-fronted Redstart
  • Plumbeous Redstart
  • White-capped Redstart
  • Blue-capped Redstart
  • Hodgson's Redstart
  • White-throated Redstart
  • White-winged Redstart
  • Black Redstart
  • Daurian Redstart
  • Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush
  • Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
  • Blue Rock-Thrush
  • White-throated Bushchat
  • Siberian Stonechat
  • Amur Stonechat
  • Pied Bushchat
  • Gray Bushchat
  • Northern Wheatear
  • Isabelline Wheatear
  • Desert Wheatear

Flowerpeckers

  • Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
  • Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker
  • Pale-billed Flowerpecker
  • Plain Flowerpecker
  • Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
  • Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

  • Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
  • Purple Sunbird
  • Fire-tailed Sunbird
  • Black-throated Sunbird
  • Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
  • Green-tailed Sunbird
  • Crimson Sunbird
  • Little Spiderhunter
  • Streaked Spiderhunter

Fairy-bluebirds

  • Asian Fairy-bluebird

Leafbirds

  • Golden-fronted Leafbird
  • Orange-bellied Leafbird

Weavers and Allies

  • Baya Weaver

Waxbills and Allies

  • Scaly-breasted Munia
  • White-rumped Munia

Accentors

  • Alpine Accentor
  • Altai Accentor
  • Robin Accentor
  • Rufous-breasted Accentor
  • Brown Accentor
  • Maroon-backed Accentor

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow
  • Russet Sparrow
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

  • Forest Wagtail
  • Gray Wagtail
  • Western Yellow Wagtail
  • Eastern Yellow Wagtail
  • Citrine Wagtail
  • White-browed Wagtail
  • White Wagtail
  • Richard's Pipit
  • Paddyfield Pipit
  • Blyth's Pipit
  • Tawny Pipit
  • Rosy Pipit
  • Tree Pipit
  • Olive-backed Pipit
  • Red-throated Pipit
  • Water Pipit
  • Siberian Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

  • Common Chaffinch
  • Collared Grosbeak
  • Spot-winged Grosbeak
  • White-winged Grosbeak
  • Common Rosefinch
  • Scarlet Finch
  • Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch
  • Dark-rumped Rosefinch
  • Red-fronted Rosefinch
  • Crimson-browed Finch
  • Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch
  • Brown Bullfinch
  • Red-headed Bullfinch
  • Gray-headed Bullfinch
  • Blanford's Rosefinch
  • Gold-naped Finch
  • Dark-breasted Rosefinch
  • Plain Mountain Finch
  • Black-headed Mountain Finch
  • Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
  • Red Crossbill
  • Tibetan Serin
  • Eurasian Siskin

Old World Buntings

  • Crested Bunting
  • Godlewski's Bunting
  • White-capped Bunting
  • Gray-necked Bunting
  • Little Bunting
  • Rustic Bunting
  • Black-faced Bunting

Most common birds in Bhutan

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Bhutan’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

  1. Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
  2. White WagtailMotacilla alba
  3. Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
  4. Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
  5. White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophus
  6. Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
  7. Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
  8. Gray TreepieDendrocitta formosae
  9. Black-chinned YuhinaYuhina nigrimenta
  10. Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
  11. Gray-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
  12. Oriental Turtle-DoveStreptopelia orientalis
  13. Mountain BulbulIxos mcclellandii
  14. Rock PigeonColumba livia
  15. Wedge-tailed Green-PigeonTreron sphenurus
  16. Green-backed TitParus monticolus
  17. Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
  18. Yellow-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
  19. Blyth's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus reguloides
  20. Snow PigeonColumba leuconota

Largest bird families in Bhutan

Among its regular birds.

  • Old World Flycatchers38
  • Laughingthrushes and Allies27
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites20
  • Leaf Warblers17
  • Woodpeckers15
  • Finches, Euphonias, and Allies15
  • Pigeons and Doves14
  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl12

Reported in the last 30 days

370 species reported to eBird in Bhutan in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Gray Treepie, Black-chinned Yuhina, Whistler's Warbler, White-gorgeted Flycatcher, Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon, White-crested Laughingthrush, Rufous-capped Babbler, Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher, Nepal Fulvetta, Bay Woodpecker, Blue-bearded Bee-eater, Rufous-throated Partridge, Great Barbet, White-tailed Nuthatch, Green-backed Tit, Red-faced Liocichla, Ashy Drongo, Small Niltava, Black-throated Prinia, Striated Laughingthrush, Common Myna, Robin Accentor, Rufous-vented Tit, Greenish Warbler, Buff-barred Warbler, White Wagtail, Large-billed Crow, Blyth's Leaf Warbler, Blue-fronted Redstart, Himalayan Griffon, Tickell's Leaf Warbler, Himalayan Buzzard, Snow Pigeon, Gray-crested Tit, Black-faced Laughingthrush, Yellow-billed Chough, Long-tailed Shrike, Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Mountain Hawk-Eagle, Mountain Bulbul, …