Bhutan · Paro District
Paro to Thimphu
206 species and 3,280 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 81 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni
IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersii
Russet SparrowPasser cinnamomeus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
White-capped RedstartPhoenicurus leucocephalus
Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus37 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 206 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chelela11 km263 species
- Hike to Tiger's Nest Monastery17 km222 species
- Thimpu – Takin sanctuary20 km170 species
- Thimpu Sewage Lagoons21 km208 species
- Cheri Valley28 km206 species
- Jigme Dorji NP – Cheri valley30 km253 species
All 206 species recorded here
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Yellow-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus cinereus
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Paro to Thimphu?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 81 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Paro to Thimphu?
206 species, from 3,280 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Paro to Thimphu in November?
The most recorded in November: Hodgson's Redstart, Ibisbill, Russet Sparrow, White Wagtail and Plumbeous Water Redstart.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.