Bird AlbumNepal · Gandaki Zone
Pokhara - Phewa Lakeside
288 species and 4,824 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 82 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
House CrowCorvus splendens
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
White WagtailMotacilla albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Phewa Lake1 km293 species
- World Peace Stupa2 km240 species
- Phewa Lake - Wetlands3 km316 species
- Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry4 km194 species
- Australian Base Camp - Raptor Migration Site16 km251 species
- Annapurna Conservation Area - Ghode Pani and Poonhill33 km300 species
All 288 species recorded here
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Spiny Babbler Turdoides nipalensis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps
- Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pokhara - Phewa Lakeside?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 82 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pokhara - Phewa Lakeside?
288 species, from 4,824 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pokhara - Phewa Lakeside in November?
The most recorded in November: House Crow, Black Kite, Common Myna, Great Cormorant and Indian Pond Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.