Nepal · Koshi Province
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
443 species and 31,336 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–April, with up to 278 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Asian OpenbillAnastomus oscitans
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto223 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 443 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 - Koshi Camp5 km287 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Kushaha5 km265 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Prakashpur Area8 km293 species
- Koshi Barrage18 km310 species
- Kosi Bird Observatory18 km357 species
- Barju Lake26 km219 species
All 443 species recorded here
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Rufous-vented Grass Babbler Laticilla burnesii
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spilopterus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron phayrei
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve?
February–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 278 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve?
443 species, from 31,336 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Kingfisher, Indian Pond Heron, Black Drongo, Common Myna and Greater Coucal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.