Bird AlbumBhutan · Thimphu District
Dochula – Royal Botanical Park
319 species and 12,032 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 168 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green-backed TitParus monticolus
Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
Rufous-vented YuhinaYuhina occipitalis
Striated LaughingthrushGrammatoptila striata
Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrata
White-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus albogularis
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollis
Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum
Rufous-gorgeted FlycatcherFicedula strophiata
Ashy-throated WarblerPhylloscopus maculipennis
Hoary-throated BarwingActinodura nipalensis
Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostris
White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dochula Pass2 km316 species
- Cheri Valley11 km206 species
- Thimpu Sewage Lagoons13 km208 species
- Punakha Dzong14 km325 species
- Thimpu – Takin sanctuary14 km170 species
- Punakha – Puna Tsang Chu15 km270 species
All 319 species recorded here
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
- Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Large Niltava Niltava grandis
- Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum
- Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Pachyglossa melanozantha
- Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
- Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
- Black-headed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius rufiventer
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa
- Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus ruficollis
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dochula – Royal Botanical Park?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 168 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dochula – Royal Botanical Park?
319 species, from 12,032 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dochula – Royal Botanical Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Green-backed Tit, Blue-fronted Redstart, Rufous-vented Yuhina, Striated Laughingthrush and Rufous Sibia.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.