Birds of Nepal

List of Common Birds Found in Nepal

Native Birds

• Ashy Drongo
• Ashy-throated Warbler
• Asian Green Bee-eater
• Asian Openbill
• Asian Plain Martin
• Barn Swallow
• Bar-tailed Treecreeper
• Bay Woodpecker
• Bengal Florican 
• Black-chinned Yuhina
• Black Drongo
• Black-eared Shrike-babbler
• Black-faced Warbler
• Black-headed Jay
• Black-headed Munia
• Black-headed Sibia
• Black Kite
• Black Stork 
• Black-throated Bushtit
• Black-throated Tit
• Blue-capped Rock Thrush
• Blue-throated Barbet
• Blue-winged Laughingthrush
• Blue-winged Minla
• Brown Dipper
• Brown Fish Owl
• Brown Parrotbill
• Changeable Hawk Eagle
• Cheer Pheasant 
• Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
• Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush
• Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
• Chestnut-crowned Warbler
• Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
• Chestnut-headed Tesia
• Cinnamon Bittern
• Collared Falconet
• Collared Owlet
• Common Hoopoe
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Moorhen
• Common Myna
• Common Rosefinch
• Crested Bunting
• Crested Kingfisher
• Crimson Sunbird
• Dark-rumped Swift
• Daurian Redstart
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck
• Eurasian Cuckoo
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
• Fire-tailed Myzornis
• Fire-tailed Sunbird
• Golden Bush Robin
• Golden-throated Barbet
• Golden-throated Barwing
• Gray-bellied Tesia
• Gray-crowned Prinia
• Gray-headed Canary-flycatcher
• Gray-headed Woodpecker
• Gray Heron
• Gray-sided Bush Warbler
• Gray-sided Laughingthrush
• Great Barbet
• Great Hornbill
• Green Magpie
• Green-tailed Sunbird
• Himalayan Bluetail
• Himalayan Cutia
• Himalayan Griffon
• Himalayan Monal
• Himalayan Vulture
• Hoary-throated Barwing
• Hodgson’s Redstart
• Indian Peafowl
• Large Niltava
• Lesser Florican 
• Little Egret
• Long-billed Thrush
• Long-tailed Broadbill
• Maroon Oriole
• Mountain Hawk-eagle
• Nepal Fulvetta
• Nepal House Martin
• Orange-flanked Bush Robin
• Oriental Magpie-robin
• Pale Blue Flycatcher
• Pheasant-tailed Jacana
• Pin-striped Tit Babbler
• Plumbeous Redstart
• Red-billed Blue Magpie
• Red-headed Trogon
• Red-vented Bulbul
• Red-wattled Lapwing
• Rufous-bellied Niltava
• Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
• Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush
• Rufous-fronted Tit
• Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
• Rufous-necked Hornbill
• Rufous Sibia
• Rufous-vented Laughingthrush
• Rufous-winged Fulvetta
• Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
• Sarus Crane 
• Satyr Tragopan 
• Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler
• Scaly Thrush
• Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler
• Slaty-backed Forktail
• Slaty-blue Flycatcher
• Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler
• Snow Pigeon
• Spiny Babbler
• Spotted Dove
• Spotted Forktail
• Spotted Laughingthrush
• Spotted Nutcracker
• Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler
• Streaked Spiderhunter
• Striated Laughingthrush
• Stripe-throated Yuhina
• Tibetan Snowcock
• Tufted Duck
• Ultramarine Flycatcher
• Verditer Flycatcher
• Wallcreeper
• Whiskered Yuhina
• White-bellied Redstart
• White-bellied Yuhina
• White-breasted Waterhen
• White-browed Fulvetta
• White-browed Shortwing
• White-capped Water Redstart
• White-crested Laughingthrush
• White-gorgeted Flycatcher
• White-rumped Shama
• White Stork 
• White-tailed Nuthatch
• White-tailed Robin
• White-Throated Kingfisher
• White-throated Tit
• White Wagtail
• White-winged Grosbeak
• Yellow-bellied Fantail
• Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
• Yellow-billed Chough
• Yellow-browed Tit
• Yellow-browed Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
• Zebra Dove

Non-native Birds

• Ashy Minivet
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Skylark
• Horsfield’s Bushlark
• Isabelline Shrike
• Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler
• Rose-ringed Parakeet
• Tibetan Lark

Some of Nepal’s best sites to go birdwatching include Chitwan National Park, Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, and Bardia National Park. The peak season for birding in Nepal is generally considered to be spring and autumn.