Nepal · Madhesh Province
Koshi Barrage
310 species and 4,590 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and November, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
House CrowCorvus splendens
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Asian OpenbillAnastomus oscitans
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
Great EgretArdea alba
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos127 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 310 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Kushaha14 km265 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve18 km443 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Koshi Camp20 km287 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Prakashpur Area24 km293 species
- Barju Lake25 km219 species
- Kosi Bird Observatory35 km357 species
All 310 species recorded here
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spilopterus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Koshi Barrage?
March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Koshi Barrage?
310 species, from 4,590 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Koshi Barrage in November?
The most recorded in November: House Crow, Black Drongo, Asian Openbill, Little Cormorant and Little Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.