| English Name |
Scientific
Name |
Numbers |
Comment |
| Common Hill Partridge |
Arborophila
torqueola |
* |
2 at
at Lamperi Botanical
Garden |
| Himalayan Monal |
Lophophorus
impejanus |
** |
Common
at Bumdrak |
| Kalij Pheasant |
Lophura
leucomelanos |
** |
Small
flocks seen at
several location |
| Blood Pheasant |
Ithaginis
cruentus |
** |
Close
to Bumdrak campsite |
| Snow Pigeon |
Columba
leuconota |
** |
Common
at Chelela, only
seen here |
| Black-tailed Crake |
Zapornia
bicolor |
* |
Paro
and Lamperi Botanical
Garden |
| Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax
carbo |
* |
Paro
river |
| Ibisbill |
Ibidorhyncha
struthersii |
** |
River
at Paro and Thimphu |
| River Lapwing |
Vanellus
duvaucelii |
** |
Thimphu
river and sewage
works |
| Common Sandpiper |
Actitis
hypoleucos |
* |
At
least seven on the
river near THimphu |
| Green Sandpiper |
Tringa
ochropus |
* |
One
on river near Thimphu |
| Himalayan Vulture |
Gyps
himalayensis |
* |
A
few seen on the way up
to Bumdrak |
| Steppe Eagle |
Aquila
nipalensis |
* |
A
flock of several seen on
the way up to Bumdrak |
| Hen Harrier |
Circus
cyaneus |
* |
One
female at Bumdral |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter
nisus |
* |
One
male at Dochula pass |
| Himalayan Buzzard |
Buteo
refectus |
* |
At
least one at Chelela |
| Long-legged Buzzard |
Buteo
rufinus |
* |
One
in fields at Paro |
| Upland Buzzard |
Buteo
hemilasius |
* |
One
roadside between
Thimphu and Paro |
| Yellow-rumped
Honeyguide |
Indicator
xanthonotus |
* |
One
not far from entrance
to Jigme Dorji National Park |
| Great Barbet |
Psilopogon
virens |
* |
Lamperi
Botanical Garden |
| Common Kestrel |
Falco
tinnunculus |
* |
Singles
here and there |
| Grey-backed Shrike |
Lanius
tephronotus |
* |
Singles
various places in
Paro valley |
| Red-billed Chough |
Pyrrhocorax
pyrrhocorax |
** |
Common
in Paro (e.g.
National Museum), also at Bumdrak |
| Yellow-billed Blue
Magpie |
Urocissa
flavirostris |
** |
Common
throughout |
| Eurasian Nutcracker |
Nucifraga
caryocatactes |
** |
Common
throughout |
| Large-billed Crow |
Corvus
macrorhynchos |
** |
Common
throughout |
| Mrs. Gould's Sunbird |
Aethopyga
gouldiae |
* |
One
seen not far from the
Lamperi Botanical Gardens |
| Alpine Accentor |
Prunella
collaris |
* |
Small
numbers at Bumdrak
and Tiger's Nest |
| Rufous-breasted
Accentor |
Prunella
strophiata |
* |
Small
numbers various
places |
| Russet Sparrow |
Passer
cinnamomeus |
** |
Common
in Paro and Thimphu |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
Passer
montanus |
* |
Paro |
| Olive-backed Pipit |
Anthus
hodgsoni |
* |
Paro
and several at
Lamperi Botanical Gardens |
| Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla
cinerea |
* |
A
few on and close to
river at Paro |
| White Wagtail |
Motacilla
alba |
** |
Very
common along rivers |
| White-winged Grosbeak |
Mycerobas
carnipes |
* |
Small
numbers at Bumdrak |
| Himalayan White-browed
Rosefinch |
Carpodacus
thura |
* |
A
few at Chelela |
| Dark-breasted Rosefinch |
Procarduelis
nipalensis |
** |
Small
flocks on way up to
Bumdrak and at Lamperi Botanical Gardens |
| Plain Mountain Finch |
Leucosticte
nemoricola |
** |
Flocks
at Bumdrak at
Chelela |
| Red Crossbill |
Loxia
curvirostra |
** |
Very
common throughout |
| Coal Tit |
Periparus
ater |
** |
Very
common throughout |
| Rufous-vented Tit |
Periparus
rubidiventris |
* |
Small
numbers on way up to
Bumdrak and near Dochula |
| Fulvous Tit |
Lophophanes
dichrous |
* |
Woodland |
| Green-backed Tit |
Parus
monticolus |
* |
Fairly
widespread |
| Ashy-throated Warbler |
Abrornis
maculipennis |
* |
Lamperi
Botanical Garden |
| Black-browed Tit |
Aegithalos
iouschistos |
* |
Lamperi
Botanical Garden
and close to Paro airport |
| White-browed Fulvetta |
Fulvetta
vinipectus |
** |
Lamperi
Botanical Gardens |
| Striated
Laughing-thrush |
Grammatoptila
striata |
* |
Lamperi
Botanical Gardens |
| Spotted Laughing-thrush |
Garrulax
ocellatus |
* |
Close
to TIger's Nest |
| White-throated
Laughing-thrush |
Garrulax
albogularis |
* |
Small
flocks various places |
| Black-faced
Laughing-thrush |
Trochalopteron
affine |
* |
Small
flocks various places |
| Chestnut-crowned
Laughing-thrush |
Trochalopteron
erythrocephalum |
* |
Small
flocks various places |
| Rufous Sibia |
Heterophasia
capistrata |
* |
Widespread |
| Chestnut-tailed Minla |
Chrysominla
strigula |
* |
Lamperi
Botanical Gardens |
| Rusty-flanked
Treecreeper |
Certhia
nipalensis |
* |
Dochula |
| Hodgson's Treecreeper |
Certhia
hodgsoni |
** |
Common
and widespread |
| Chestnut-bellied
Nuthatch |
Sitta
castanea |
* |
Various
places |
| Eurasian Wren |
Troglodytes
troglodytes |
* |
Bumdrak
and Dochula |
| Brown Dipper |
Cinclus
pallasii |
* |
Widespread
on rivers |
| Little Forktail |
Enicurus
scouleri |
* |
One
along the river at Paro |
| Blue Whistling Thrush |
Myophonus
caeruleus |
** |
Common
and widespread |
| White-browed Bush Robin |
Tarsiger
indicus |
* |
One
Lamperi Botanical
Garden |
| Blue-fronted Redstart |
Adelura
frontalis |
** |
Widespread |
| White-throated Redstart |
Adelura
schisticeps |
* |
Widespread
at high
altitude (Bumdrak and Chelela) |
| Plumbeous Water
Redstart |
Rhyacornis
fuliginosa |
* |
Common
along rivers |
| White-capped Water
Redstart |
Chaimarrornis
leucocephalus |
* |
Common
along rivers |
| Hodgson's Redstart |
Phoenicurus
hodgsoni |
* |
Common
along rivers |
| White-collared
Blackbird |
Turdus
albocinctus |
* |
Bumdrak |
