Nepal · Bagmati Province
Machchhegaun and Area
197 species and 4,799 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and October–December, with up to 91 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Striated LaughingthrushGrammatoptila striata
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus
Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceus
Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
Himalayan Black-lored TitMachlolophus xanthogenys
Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
Nepal FulvettaAlcippe nipalensis
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophus
Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sim to Bosan Area2 km223 species
- Taudaha4 km186 species
- Arend's Batsala Devi-Bagmati-Taudaha-Bosan Khola Fixed Route4 km219 species
- Chobar D/S Eastbank4 km163 species
- Chobhar Gorge D/S Bagmati Westbank4 km173 species
- Batsala Devi Hill-Bagmati up-down5 km142 species
All 197 species recorded here
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Spiny Babbler Turdoides nipalensis
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Machchhegaun and Area?
March and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 91 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Machchhegaun and Area?
197 species, from 4,799 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Machchhegaun and Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Treepie, Red-vented Bulbul, Striated Laughingthrush, Large-billed Crow and Grey-hooded Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.