Bird AlbumBhutan · Thimphu District
Dochula Pass
316 species and 9,261 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 157 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostris
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Yellow-browed TitSylviparus modestus
Green-backed TitParus monticolus
Grey-crested TitLophophanes dichrous
Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dochula – Royal Botanical Park2 km319 species
- Thimpu Sewage Lagoons11 km208 species
- Cheri Valley12 km206 species
- Thimpu – Takin sanctuary13 km170 species
- Punakha Dzong15 km325 species
- Punakha – Puna Tsang Chu16 km270 species
All 316 species recorded here
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
- Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Pachyglossa melanozantha
- Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
- Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Large Niltava Niltava grandis
- Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii
- Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa
- Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Grandala Grandala coelicolor
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Black-headed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius rufiventer
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dochula Pass?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 157 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dochula Pass?
316 species, from 9,261 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dochula Pass in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-billed Blue Magpie, Large-billed Crow, Southern Nutcracker, White-browed Fulvetta 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.