Bhutan · Punakha District
Punakha – Puna Tsang Chu
270 species and 2,499 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 69 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
White-capped RedstartPhoenicurus leucocephalus
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis19 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 270 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Punakha Dzong1 km325 species
- Dochula – Royal Botanical Park15 km319 species
- Dochula Pass16 km316 species
- Wangdue - Pele La road19 km245 species
- Cheri Valley22 km206 species
- Jigme Dorji NP – Cheri valley24 km253 species
All 270 species recorded here
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Yellow-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus cinereus
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis
- Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Punakha – Puna Tsang Chu?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 69 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Punakha – Puna Tsang Chu?
270 species, from 2,499 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Punakha – Puna Tsang Chu in November?
The most recorded in November: Hodgson's Redstart, White Wagtail, Crested Kingfisher, Brown Dipper and Red-vented Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.