Bird AlbumBhutan · Thimphu District
Cheri Valley
206 species and 1,908 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 64 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green-backed TitParus monticolus
Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrata
Brown ParrotbillParadoxornis unicolor
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum
Lemon-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus chloronotus
Ashy-throated WarblerPhylloscopus maculipennis
Blyth's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus reguloides
Yellow-bellied FantailChelidorhynx hypoxanthus
Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollis
White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
Whistler's WarblerPhylloscopus whistleri
Scaly-breasted CupwingPnoepyga albiventer44 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 206 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jigme Dorji NP – Cheri valley6 km253 species
- Thimpu – Takin sanctuary8 km170 species
- Dochula – Royal Botanical Park11 km319 species
- Dochula Pass12 km316 species
- Thimpu Sewage Lagoons12 km208 species
- Punakha Dzong21 km325 species
All 206 species recorded here
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Sichuan Thrush Zoothera griseiceps
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cheri Valley?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 64 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cheri Valley?
206 species, from 1,908 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cheri Valley in November?
The most recorded in November: Green-backed Tit, Rufous Sibia, Brown Parrotbill, Blue Whistling Thrush and Chestnut-crowned 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.