Nepal · Bagmati Province
Mt. Phulchowki
333 species and 24,670 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–May and November, with up to 174 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrata
Buff-barred WarblerPhylloscopus pulcher
White-tailed NuthatchSitta himalayensis
Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
Green-backed TitParus monticolus
White-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus albogularis
Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum
Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensis
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularis
Rufous-winged FulvettaSchoeniparus castaneceps
Himalayan Black-lored TitMachlolophus xanthogenys151 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 333 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Godawari Forest, lowest few miles of road to Chapakharka2 km260 species
- Mt. Phulchowki - Lowest Few Miles of Road3 km294 species
- Godavari Botanical Gardens4 km274 species
- Bajrabarahi Temple Forest8 km198 species
- Nagdaha9 km138 species
- Manohara River - Kageshwari14 km170 species
All 333 species recorded here
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Large Niltava Niltava grandis
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Pachyglossa melanozantha
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rodochroa
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spiny Babbler Turdoides nipalensis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
- Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rodopeplus
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Himalayan Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
- Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Picus squamatus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mt. Phulchowki?
February–May and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 174 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mt. Phulchowki?
333 species, from 24,670 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mt. Phulchowki in November?
The most recorded in November: Rufous Sibia, Buff-barred Warbler, White-tailed Nuthatch, Grey-hooded Warbler and White-browed Fulvetta.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.