Nepal · Koshi Province
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Kushaha
265 species and 6,472 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 118 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Jungle BabblerArgya striata
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus118 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 265 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 Reserve5 km443 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Koshi Camp5 km287 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Prakashpur Area10 km293 species
- Koshi Barrage14 km310 species
- Barju Lake21 km219 species
- Kosi Bird Observatory21 km357 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spilopterus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
- Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
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 - Kushaha?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 118 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Kushaha?
265 species, from 6,472 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Kushaha in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Kingfisher, Bronze-winged Jacana, Little Cormorant, Spotted Dove and Indian Pied 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.