Bird AlbumBhutan · Wangdue Phodrang District
Pelela
345 species and 13,430 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 207 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventris
Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affine
Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
Red-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythrocephala
Grey-crested TitLophophanes dichrous
Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Himalayan BuzzardButeo refectus
Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
Himalayan White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus thuraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nubding6 km165 species
- Phobjikha Valley8 km284 species
- Wangdue - Pele La road18 km245 species
- Trongsa30 km349 species
- Punakha – Puna Tsang Chu33 km270 species
- Punakha Dzong34 km325 species
All 345 species recorded here
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Bar-winged Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni
- White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
- Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Large Niltava Niltava grandis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus cinereus
- Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea
- Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Grandala Grandala coelicolor
- Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes
- Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Black-headed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius rufiventer
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis
- Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
- Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Pachyglossa melanozantha
- Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons
- Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pelela?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 207 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pelela?
345 species, from 13,430 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pelela in November?
The most recorded in November: Rufous-vented Tit, Black-faced Laughingthrush, Blue-fronted Redstart, White-winged Grosbeak and Southern Nutcracker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.