Bhutan · Thimphu District
Thimpu Sewage Lagoons
208 species and 5,153 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 81 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
White WagtailMotacilla alba
River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii
Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni
Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
GadwallMareca strepera
IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersii
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Thimpu – Takin sanctuary6 km170 species
- Dochula Pass11 km316 species
- Cheri Valley12 km206 species
- Dochula – Royal Botanical Park13 km319 species
- Jigme Dorji NP – Cheri valley18 km253 species
- Paro to Thimphu21 km206 species
All 208 species recorded here
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana
- Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Thimpu Sewage Lagoons?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 81 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Thimpu Sewage Lagoons?
208 species, from 5,153 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Thimpu Sewage Lagoons in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruddy Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, White Wagtail, River Lapwing and Hodgson's Redstart.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.