Bird AlbumNepal · Koshi Province
Barju Lake
219 species and 6,577 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
GadwallMareca strepera
Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Kushaha21 km265 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Koshi Camp22 km287 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Prakashpur Area25 km293 species
- Koshi Barrage25 km310 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve26 km443 species
- Kosi Bird Observatory33 km357 species
All 219 species recorded here
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Barju Lake?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Barju Lake?
219 species, from 6,577 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Barju Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Oriental Darter, Little Cormorant, Indian Pond Heron, White-throated Kingfisher and Lesser Whistling Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.