Nepal · Koshi Province
Kosi Bird Observatory
357 species and 13,986 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and October, with up to 170 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Crested BuntingEmberiza lathami
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Common IoraAegithina tiphia
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Prakashpur Area11 km293 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Koshi Camp16 km287 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve18 km443 species
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - Kushaha21 km265 species
- Barju Lake33 km219 species
- Koshi Barrage35 km310 species
All 357 species recorded here
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Rufous-vented Grass Babbler Laticilla burnesii
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spilopterus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kosi Bird Observatory?
February–March and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 170 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kosi Bird Observatory?
357 species, from 13,986 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kosi Bird Observatory in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Red-vented Bulbul, Ruddy Shelduck and Brown Shrike.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.