Nepal · Bagmati Province
Sankhu Salinadi
191 species and 4,518 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 98 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
House CrowCorvus splendens
Rock DoveColumba livia
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gokarna Forest Reserve8 km205 species
- Manohara River8 km231 species
- Manohara9 km142 species
- Manohara River - Kageshwari9 km170 species
- Tarebhir Foothill Forest10 km237 species
- Bhadrakali and Rudreshwor Temple Area11 km129 species
All 191 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Spiny Babbler Turdoides nipalensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Pachyglossa melanozantha
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sankhu Salinadi?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 98 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sankhu Salinadi?
191 species, from 4,518 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sankhu Salinadi in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, House Crow, Rock Dove, Oriental Magpie-Robin and Alexandrine Parakeet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.