Birds of Bhutan

List of Birds Found in Bhutan

Native Birds

• Ashy-throated Warbler
• Beautiful Nuthatch
• Black Bulbul
• Black-eared Shrike-babbler
• Black-headed Shrike-babbler
• Black-necked Crane
• Black-tailed Crake
• Black-throated Sunbird
• Black-winged Cuckooshrike
• Blood Pheasant
• Blue-capped Rock-thrush
• Blue-fronted Redstart
• Blue-fronted Robin
• Blue-throated Barbet
• Blyth’s Tragopan
• Brown Bullfinch
• Brown Parrotbill
• Chestnut-breasted Partridge
• Collared Owlet
• Common Green-magpie
• Common Raven
• Common Rosefinch
• Crimson-breasted Woodpecker
• Darjeeling Woodpecker
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jay
• Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
• Fire-tailed Myzornis
• Golden-breasted Fulvetta
• Golden-throated Barbet
• Gray-bellied Tesia
• Gray-headed Bullfinch
• Gray-headed Parrotbill
• Gray-headed Woodpecker
• Gray Peacock-pheasant
• Gray-sided Laughingthrush
• Gray-winged Blackbird
• Great Hornbill
• Green-tailed Sunbird
• Hill Partridge
• Himalayan Bluetail
• Himalayan Cutia
• Himalayan Griffon
• Himalayan Monal
• Himalayan Rubythroat
• Himalayan Shortwing
• Himalayan Whistling-thrush
• Himalayan Woodpecker
• Large Hawk-cuckoo
• Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
• Long-billed Thrush
• Long-tailed Broadbill
• Orange-bellied Leafbird
• Oriental Pied-hornbill
• Purple Cochoa
• Red-billed Leiothrix
• Red-faced Liocichla
• Red-headed Bullfinch
• Red-headed Trogon
• Rufous-bellied Eagle
• Rufous-bellied Niltava
• Rufous-necked Hornbill
• Rufous-necked Laughingthrush
• Rufous-throated Partridge
• Rufous-vented Tit
• Rufous-winged Fulvetta
• Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler
• Rusty-flanked Treecreeper
• Satyr Tragopan
• Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler
• Slaty-blue Flycatcher
• Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler
• Snow Partridge
• Speckled Piculet
• Speckled Wood-pigeon
• Spotted Elachura
• Spotted Laughingthrush
• Spotted Nutcracker
• Spot-winged Grosbeak
• Streaked Spiderhunter
• Striated Bulbul
• Wallcreeper
• Ward’s Trogon
• White-bellied Heron
• White-browed Bush-robin
• White-browed Fulvetta
• White-collared Blackbird
• White-gorgeted Flycatcher
• White-naped Yuhina
• White-tailed Nuthatch
• White-throated Laughingthrush
• Yellow-bellied Fantail
• Yellow-billed Blue-magpie
• Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
• Yellow-vented Warbler
• Aberrant Bush Warbler
• Alpine Thrush
• Ashy Bulbul
• Ashy Drongo
• Ashy-headed Green-pigeon
• Ashy Prinia
• Ashy Wood-pigeon
• Asian Emerald Cuckoo
• Asian Emerald Dove
• Asian House-martin
• Asian Koel
• Banded Bay Cuckoo
• Bank Swallow
• Bar-headed Goose
• Barn Swallow
• Barred Cuckoo-dove
• Bar-winged Wren-babbler
• Bay Woodpecker
• Bearded Vulture
• Besra
• Bhutan Laughingthrush
• Black-backed Dwarf-kingfisher
• Black-chinned Yuhina
• Black-crested Bulbul
• Black Drongo
• Black Eagle
• Black-faced Laughingthrush
• Black-faced Warbler
• Black Francolin
• Black Kite
• Black-rumped Magpie
• Black-throated Parrotbill
• Black-throated Prinia
• Black-throated Thrush
• Blue-eared Barbet
• Blue-winged Laughingthrush
• Blue-winged Minla
• Blyth’s Kingfisher
• Blyth’s Leaf Warbler
• Blyth’s Tragopan
• Bonelli’s Eagle
• Booted Eagle
• Brahminy Kite
• Broad-billed Warbler
• Bronzed Drongo
• Brown-flanked Bush Warbler
• Brown-throated Fulvetta
• Buff-barred Warbler
• Buff-chested Babbler
• Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
• Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
• Chestnut-crowned Warbler
• Chestnut-headed Tesia
• Chestnut-tailed Minla
• Chestnut Thrush
• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
• Cinereous Tit
• Coal Tit
• Collared Treepie
• Common Buzzard
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Hawk-cuckoo
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Quail
• Common Tailorbird
• Coppersmith Barbet
• Coral-billed Scimitar-babbler
• Crested Goshawk
• Crested Kingfisher
• Crested Serpent-eagle
• Crimson Sunbird
• Crow-billed Drongo
• Dusky Warbler
• Egyptian Vulture
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Collared-dove
• Eurasian Crag-martin
• Eurasian Nutcracker
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Wryneck
• Eyebrowed Thrush
• Fire-capped Tit
• Fire-tailed Sunbird
• Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo
• Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
• Fulvous Parrotbill
• Golden Babbler
• Golden Eagle
• Grandala
• Gray-bellied Cuckoo
• Gray-breasted Prinia
• Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
• Gray-cheeked Warbler
• Gray-crested Tit
• Gray-crowned Prinia
• Gray-hooded Warbler
• Gray-sided Bush Warbler
• Gray-throated Babbler
• Gray-throated Martin
• Gray Treepie
• Great Barbet
• Greater Coucal
• Greater Flameback
• Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
• Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
• Greater Spotted Eagle
• Greater Yellownape
• Great Parrotbill
• Great Slaty Woodpecker
• Green-backed Tit
• Green-billed Malkoha
• Green Cochoa
• Green-crowned Warbler
• Green Imperial-pigeon
• Greenish Warbler
• Hair-crested Drongo
• Hen Harrier
• Hill Pigeon
• Himalayan Bulbul
• Himalayan Buzzard
• Himalayan Cuckoo
• Himalayan Flameback
• Himalayan Prinia
• Himalayan Thrush
• Hoary-throated Barwing
• Hodgson’s Frogmouth
• Hodgson’s Hawk-cuckoo
• House Crow
• Hume’s Bush Warbler
• Hume’s Warbler
• Indian Blackbird
• Indian Cuckoo
• Indian Peafowl
• Indian Spot-billed Duck
• Indian White-eye
• Japanese Quail
• Japanese Tit
• Jerdon’s Babbler
• Jungle Babbler
• Jungle Prinia
• Kalij Pheasant
• Large-billed Crow
• Large-billed Leaf Warbler
• Laughing Dove
• Lemon-rumped Warbler
• Lesser Coucal
• Lesser Cuckoo
• Lesser Fish-eagle
• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Lesser Yellownape
• Lineated Barbet
• Little Spiderhunter
• Long-legged Buzzard
• Long-tailed Sibia
• Long-tailed Thrush
• Mountain Bulbul
• Mountain Hawk-eagle
• Mountain Imperial-pigeon
• Mountain Tailorbird
• Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird
• Nepal Fulvetta
• Nepal House-martin
• Northern Goshawk
• Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
• Orange-headed Thrush
• Oriental Honey-buzzard
• Oriental Magpie
• Oriental Turtle-dove
• Pale-billed Flowerpecker
• Pale-billed Parrotbill
• Pale-footed Bush Warbler
• Pale-headed Woodpecker
• Pale Sand Martin
• Pallas’s Fish-eagle
• Pied Kingfisher
• Pin-striped Tit-babbler
• Pin-tailed Green-pigeon
• Plain Flowerpecker
• Plain Prinia
• Plaintive Cuckoo
• Purple Sunbird
• Red-billed Chough
• Red Collared-dove
• Red-headed Vulture
• Red Junglefowl
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Red-tailed Minla
• Red-throated Thrush
• Red-vented Bulbul
• Red-whiskered Bulbul
• Rock Pigeon
• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
• Ruddy Kingfisher
• Rufescent Prinia
• Rufous-backed Sibia
• Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
• Rufous-capped Babbler
• Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush
• Rufous-faced Warbler
• Rufous Sibia
• Rufous-throated Wren-babbler
• Rufous Treepie
• Rufous-vented Laughingthrush
• Rufous-vented Yuhina
• Rufous Woodpecker
• Rusty-fronted Barwing
• Scaly Laughingthrush
• Scaly Thrush
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
• Shikra
• Silver-eared Mesia
• Slaty-bellied Tesia
• Smoky Warbler
• Snow Pigeon
• Spot-breasted Scimitar-babbler
• Spotted Dove
• Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo
• Steppe Eagle
• Stork-billed Kingfisher
• Streak-breasted Scimitar-babbler
• Streak-throated Woodpecker
• Striated Laughingthrush
• Striated Yuhina
• Stripe-breasted Woodpecker
• Stripe-throated Yuhina
• Sultan Tit
• Thick-billed Flowerpecker
• Thick-billed Green-pigeon
• Tibetan Blackbird
• Tibetan Partridge
• Tibetan Snowcock
• Tickell’s Leaf Warbler
• Tickell’s Thrush
• Upland Buzzard
• Violet Cuckoo
• Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon
• Whiskered Yuhina
• Whistler’s Warbler
• White-backed Thrush
• White-breasted Parrotbill
• White-browed Piculet
• White-browed Scimitar-babbler
• White-crested Laughingthrush
• White-rumped Vulture
• White-spectacled Warbler
• White-tailed Eagle
• White-throated Bulbul
• White-throated Kingfisher
• White-throated Laughingthrush
• Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker
• Yellow-bellied Prinia
• Yellow-bellied Warbler
• Yellow-billed Chough
• Yellow-browed Tit
• Yellow-browed Warbler
• Yellow-cheeked Tit
• Yellow-footed Green-pigeon
• Yellow-vented Flowerpecker

Non-native Birds

• Asian Openbill
• Eurasian Moorhen
• European Starling
• Greater Scaup
• Kentish Plover
• Little Grebe
• Pied Cuckoo
• Plain Swift
• Rose-ringed Parakeet
• Watercock

Bhutan is a fantastic place to go birding, as the country’s government is committed to conserving its environment. Over 60% of the forest coverage must be maintained at all times by law. Some popular birding sites in the nation include the Jigme Dorji National Park, the Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Phobjikha Valley; the best time to see them is in the spring and the fall.