Bird AlbumNepal · Gandaki Zone
Phewa Lake
293 species and 3,129 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and November, with up to 72 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
House CrowCorvus splendens
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Medium EgretArdea intermedia72 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 293 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pokhara - Phewa Lakeside1 km288 species
- World Peace Stupa1 km240 species
- Phewa Lake - Wetlands3 km316 species
- Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry5 km194 species
- Australian Base Camp - Raptor Migration Site16 km251 species
- Annapurna Conservation Area - Ghode Pani and Poonhill33 km300 species
All 293 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Spiny Babbler Turdoides nipalensis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens
- Grandala Grandala coelicolor
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor
- Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Large Niltava Niltava grandis
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Rufous-naped Tit Periparus rufonuchalis
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Phewa Lake?
February and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 72 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Phewa Lake?
293 species, from 3,129 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Phewa Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Kingfisher, Black Kite, Great Cormorant, Indian Pond Heron and Osprey.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.