Bird AlbumBhutan · Bumthang District
Tharpaling Monastery
181 species and 4,348 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 72 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affine
White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
Snow PigeonColumba leuconota
Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiata
White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
Speckled Wood PigeonColumba hodgsonii
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
Red-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythrocephalaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bumthang – Jakar7 km281 species
- Yotongla11 km268 species
- Trongsa18 km349 species
- Ura Valley23 km176 species
- Tongtophey25 km257 species
- Thrumsingla34 km303 species
All 181 species recorded here
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tharpaling Monastery?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 72 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tharpaling Monastery?
181 species, from 4,348 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tharpaling Monastery in November?
The most recorded in November: Large-billed Crow, Red-billed Chough, Black-faced Laughingthrush, White-browed Fulvetta and Snow Pigeon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.