Bhutan Ramsar wetland
Bumdeling Valley
163 bird species recorded; the most in February.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
81 species in January.125 species in February.29 species in March.0 species in April.109 species in May.12 species in June.7 species in July.41 species in August.35 species in September.79 species in October.2 species in November.24 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
163 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 163Speciesrecorded more than once
- 64Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,276Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,903 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 3Owls
- 7Waders
- 10Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 105Songbirds
- 26Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 163 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
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- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black EagleIctinaetus malayensis
- Buteo refectusButeo refectus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensisNT
- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
Owls3 species
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- Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
- Tawny Fish OwlKetupa flavipes
Waders7 species
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- River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersii
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
Ducks & geese10 species
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
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- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Storks & cranes2 species
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- Tibetan CraneGrus nigricollisNT
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds105 species
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- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- White-capped Water-redstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostris
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Green-backed TitParus monticolus
- Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrata
- Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
- White-throated LaughingthrushGarrulax albogularis
- Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Yellow-bellied FantailChelidorhynx hypoxantha
- Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Bhutan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron imbricatum
- Striated LaughingthrushGarrulax striatus
- White-tailed NuthatchSitta himalayensis
- Spotted ForktailEnicurus maculatus
- Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollis
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus erythrogenys
- Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Gould's SunbirdAethopyga gouldiae
- Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensis
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Large NiltavaNiltava grandis
- Red-tailed MinlaMinla ignotincta
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Bar-throated MinlaMinla strigula
- Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus
- Rufous-winged FulvettaAlcippe castaneceps
- Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
- Yellow-breasted GreenfinchChloris spinoides
- Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus
- White-collared BlackbirdTurdus albocinctus
- Grey-winged BlackbirdTurdus boulboul
- Little ForktailEnicurus scouleri
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Chestnut-crowned WarblerSeicercus castaniceps
- Streak-breasted Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus ruficollis
- Grey-sided LaughingthrushGarrulax caerulatus
- Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhynchus
- Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
- Himalayan CutiaCutia nipalensis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Himalayan BluetailTarsiger rufilatus
- Striated PriniaPrinia crinigera
- Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipes
- Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturata
- Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara
- Black-eared Shrike-BabblerPteruthius melanotis
- Pale-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus chloronotus
- Ashy-throated WarblerPhylloscopus maculipennis
- Spot-winged GrosbeakMycerobas melanozanthos
- Chestnut-bellied Rock-ThrushMonticola rufiventris
- Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Slaty-backed ForktailEnicurus schistaceus
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
- Yellow-browed TitSylviparus modestus
- Maroon OrioleOriolus traillii
- Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalense
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Golden Bush-robinTarsiger chrysaeus
- Rufous-breasted Bush RobinTarsiger hyperythrus
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Ferruginous FlycatcherMuscicapa ferruginea
- Small NiltavaNiltava macgrigoriae
- Black-throated PriniaPrinia atrogularis
- Black-headed Shrike-babblerPteruthius rufiventer
- Buff-barred WarblerPhylloscopus pulcher
- Southern Blyth's Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus reguloides
- Hoary-throated BarwingActinodura nipalensis
- Black-faced WarblerAbroscopus schisticeps
- White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophus
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Plain Mountain-FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
- Orange-bellied leafbirdChloropsis hardwickii
- Maroon-backed AccentorPrunella immaculata
- Rufous-capped BabblerStachyridopsis ruficeps
- White-gorgeted FlycatcherAnthipes monileger
- White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
- Golden-breasted FulvettaLioparus chrysotis
- Dark-breasted RosefinchProcarduelis nipalensis
Other birds26 species
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- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
- Black-tailed CrakePorzana bicolor
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Hill PartridgeArborophila torqueola
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Rufous-bellied WoodpeckerDendrocopos hyperythrus
- Bay WoodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotis
- Snow PigeonColumba leuconota
- Crimson Horned-pheasantTragopan satyra
- Greater Yellownape WoodpeckerChrysophlegma flavinucha
- Picus chlorolophusPicus chlorolophus
- Wedge-tailed Green PigeonTreron sphenurus
- Speckled PiculetPicumnus innominatus
- Blood PheasantIthaginis cruentus
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Cuculus sparverioidesCuculus sparverioides
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Golden-throated BarbetPsilopogon franklinii
- Cuculus saturatusCuculus saturatus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan10°/-3°5 mm
- Feb12°/-1°13 mm
- Mar15°/1°27 mm
- Apr17°/5°94 mm
- May20°/9°137 mm
- Jun22°/12°182 mm
- Jul22°/13°244 mm
- Aug22°/13°185 mm
- Sep21°/11°124 mm
- Oct18°/7°64 mm
- Nov14°/3°6 mm
- Dec11°/0°3 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bumdeling Valley.
Valley in Bhutan
Bumdeling Valley is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Bhutan, 1,903 m above the sea.
163 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,276 open records.
The most recorded are the Mallard, the Tibetan Crane and the Plumbeous Water Redstart.
36 species come for the summer, 27 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Trashi Yangtsenearest town · 8.8 km in a straight line
- Tezpur Airport (TEZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 171 km in a straight lineCar hire at PBH airport (Paro)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2places to stay within 10 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Bumdeling Valley.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmBailin Laze · 16 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Bumdeling Valley
Bhutan
- 57Birdyas Score
- 163Species
- 64Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q111972300) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,276 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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