Bhutan · Wangdue Phodrang District
Phobjikha Valley
284 species and 5,033 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 100 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Russet SparrowPasser cinnamomeus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pelela8 km345 species
- Nubding9 km165 species
- Wangdue - Pele La road14 km245 species
- Punakha – Puna Tsang Chu32 km270 species
- Punakha Dzong33 km325 species
- Trongsa33 km349 species
All 284 species recorded here
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
- Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Rufous-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus rufogularis
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Large Niltava Niltava grandis
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
- Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Phobjikha Valley?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 100 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Phobjikha Valley?
284 species, from 5,033 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Phobjikha Valley in November?
The most recorded in November: Large-billed Crow, Red-billed Chough, Hen Harrier, White Wagtail and Ruddy Shelduck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.