Bird AlbumBhutan · Paro District
Chelela
263 species and 11,411 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 146 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventris
White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
Himalayan White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus thura
Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affine
White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
Snow PigeonColumba leuconota
Himalayan BuzzardButeo refectus
White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticeps
Blood PheasantIthaginis cruentus
Grey-crested TitLophophanes dichrous
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Spotted LaughingthrushIanthocincla ocellataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Paro to Thimphu11 km206 species
- Hike to Tiger's Nest Monastery13 km222 species
- Thimpu – Takin sanctuary29 km170 species
- Thimpu Sewage Lagoons31 km208 species
- Cheri Valley36 km206 species
- Jigme Dorji NP – Cheri valley37 km253 species
All 263 species recorded here
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
- Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- White-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chelela?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 146 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chelela?
263 species, from 11,411 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chelela in November?
The most recorded in November: Southern Nutcracker, Rufous-vented Tit, White-winged Grosbeak, Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch and Black-faced Laughingthrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.