Bangladesh · Dhaka Division
Arakul
185 species and 10,162 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 103 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
House CrowCorvus splendensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Purbodi2 km146 species
- Ramna Park9 km110 species
- Tollabag12 km58 species
- Aftab Nagar13 km169 species
- Chandrima (Zia) Udyan13 km72 species
- New Vision Eco City15 km167 species
All 185 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Arakul?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 103 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Arakul?
185 species, from 10,162 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Arakul in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Drongo, Long-tailed Shrike, Little Cormorant, Indian Pond Heron and Common Myna.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.