Bhutan Ramsar wetland
Gangtey-Phobji
279 bird species recorded; the most from March to April and in November.
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
87 species in January.144 species in February.176 species in March.181 species in April.149 species in May.87 species in June.12 species in July.21 species in August.17 species in September.114 species in October.185 species in November.101 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
279 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).
- 279Speciesrecorded more than once
- 151Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,066Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2,833 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 19Raptors
- 3Owls
- 8Waders
- 11Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 192Songbirds
- 41Other 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 279 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors19 species
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- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Buteo refectusButeo refectus
- Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensisNT
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Black EagleIctinaetus malayensis
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNT
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pallas’s fish eagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kieneriiNT
Owls3 species
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- Himalayan OwlStrix nivicolum
- Collared OwletGlaucidium brodiei
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
Waders8 species
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- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiNT
- IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersii
- Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Ducks & geese11 species
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- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
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- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- White-bellied HeronArdea insignisCR
Storks & cranes3 species
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- Tibetan CraneGrus nigricollisNT
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds192 species
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- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
- Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Green-backed TitParus monticolus
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiata
- Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni
- White-collared BlackbirdTurdus albocinctus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- White-capped Water-redstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostris
- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
- Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Yellow-breasted GreenfinchChloris spinoides
- Plain Mountain-FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
- Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
- Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensis
- Grey Crested TitLophophanes dichrous
- Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrata
- Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affine
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-throated Dark-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Hodgson's TreecreeperCerthia hodgsoni
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Black-browed BushtitAegithalos iouschistos
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Southern Blyth's Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus reguloides
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
- Rufous-vented YuhinaYuhina occipitalis
- Spotted LaughingthrushGarrulax ocellatus
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Rufous-gorgeted FlycatcherFicedula strophiata
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollis
- White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus thura
- Chestnut-bellied Rock-ThrushMonticola rufiventris
- White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Hoary-throated BarwingActinodura nipalensis
- Bar-throated MinlaMinla strigula
- Himalayan Beautiful RosefinchCarpodacus pulcherrimus
- Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
- Black-rumped MagpiePica bottanensis
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularis
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Brown ParrotbillCholornis unicolor
- Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- White-tailed NuthatchSitta himalayensis
- Ashy-throated WarblerPhylloscopus maculipennis
- White-throated LaughingthrushGarrulax albogularis
- White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticeps
- Rusty-flanked TreecreeperCerthia nipalensis
- Yellow-browed TitSylviparus modestus
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Grey-sided Bush WarblerCettia brunnifrons
- Red-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythrocephala
- Whistler’s WarblerSeicercus whistleri
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Pale-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus chloronotus
- Striated LaughingthrushGarrulax striatus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventris
- Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalense
- Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
- Dark-breasted RosefinchProcarduelis nipalensis
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostris
- Scaly-breasted CupwingPnoepyga albiventer
- Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus
- Rufous-winged FulvettaAlcippe castaneceps
- Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus
- Black-winged CuckooshrikeCoracina melaschistos
- Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis
- Red-tailed MinlaMinla ignotincta
- Dark-rumped RosefinchCarpodacus edwardsii
- Slaty-blue FlycatcherFicedula tricolor
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Maroon OrioleOriolus traillii
- Large-billed Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus magnirostris
- Rufous-chinned LaughingthrushGarrulax rufogularis
- Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhynchus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Himalayan BluetailTarsiger rufilatus
- Pericrocotus solarisPericrocotus solaris
- Gould's SunbirdAethopyga gouldiae
- Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturata
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Little ForktailEnicurus scouleri
- Buff-barred WarblerPhylloscopus pulcher
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Gold-naped FinchPyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Crested BuntingEmberiza lathami
- Striated PriniaPrinia crinigera
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Spotted ForktailEnicurus maculatus
- Chestnut-crowned WarblerSeicercus castaniceps
- Streak-breasted Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus ruficollis
- Javan ShortwingBrachypteryx montana
- Himalayan CutiaCutia nipalensis
- Yellow-bellied FantailChelidorhynx hypoxantha
- Bhutan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron imbricatum
- Crimson-browed RosefinchCarpodacus subhimachalus
- Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceus
- Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipes
- Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
- Brown-throated TreecreeperCerthia discolor
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Green Shrike-BabblerPteruthius xanthochlorus
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Blyth's Shrike-babblerPteruthius aeralatus
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Golden-breasted FulvettaLioparus chrysotis
- Brown BullfinchPyrrhula nipalensis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Alpine ThrushZoothera mollissima
- Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara
- Green-crowned Warbler or Golden-spectacled WarblerSeicercus burkii
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Altai AccentorPrunella himalayana
- Hodgsonius phoenicuroidesHodgsonius phoenicuroides
- Rufous-capped BabblerStachyridopsis ruficeps
- Brown Bush WarblerLocustella luteoventris
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Slender-billed OrioleOriolus tenuirostris
- Long-billed ThrushZoothera monticola
- Golden Bush-robinTarsiger chrysaeus
- Rufous-breasted Bush RobinTarsiger hyperythrus
- Slaty-backed ForktailEnicurus schistaceus
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Spot-winged GrosbeakMycerobas melanozanthos
- Collared GrosbeakMycerobas affinis
- Orange-bellied leafbirdChloropsis hardwickii
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Alcippe nipalensisAlcippe nipalensis
- Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
- Black-throated ParrotbillSuthora nipalensis
- Tibetan SerinSpinus thibetanus
- Fire-capped TitCephalopyrus flammiceps
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Scaly ThrushZoothera dauma
- Long-tailed ThrushZoothera dixoni
- Fire-tailed MyzornisMyzornis pyrrhoura
- Grey-cheeked WarblerSeicercus poliogenys
- Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusilla
- Black-chinned YuhinaYuhina nigrimenta
- White-naped YuhinaYuhina bakeri
- Black-faced WarblerAbroscopus schisticeps
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus erythrogenys
- Hume’s Short-toed LarkCalandrella acutirostris
- Indian Blue RobinLuscinia brunnea
- Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanni
- Tibetan BlackbirdTurdus maximus
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Plumbeous Water-RedstartRhyacornis fuliginosa
- Mountain BulbulIxos mcclellandii
- Hume's Bush WarblerHorornis brunnescens
- Chestnut-headed TesiaCettia castaneocoronata
- Spotted ElachuraElachura formosa
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds41 species
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- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Snow PigeonColumba leuconota
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Hill PartridgeArborophila torqueola
- Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos
- Himalayan MonalLophophorus impejanus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Crimson Horned-pheasantTragopan satyra
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Cuculus saturatusCuculus saturatus
- Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensis
- Rufous-bellied WoodpeckerDendrocopos hyperythrus
- Yellow-rumped HoneyguideIndicator xanthonotus
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
- Speckled WoodpigeonColumba hodgsonii
- Cuculus sparverioidesCuculus sparverioides
- Golden-throated BarbetPsilopogon franklinii
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Barred Cuckoo DoveMacropygia unchall
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Blood PheasantIthaginis cruentus
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
- Scarlet-breasted WoodpeckerDryobates cathpharius
- Bay WoodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotis
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- Wedge-tailed Green PigeonTreron sphenurus
- Speckled PiculetPicumnus innominatus
- Blyth's SwiftApus leuconyx
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- Blue-throated barbetPsilopogon asiaticus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Red-headed TrogonHarpactes erythrocephalus
- Greater Yellownape WoodpeckerChrysophlegma flavinucha
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from March to April and in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan7°/-5°4 mm
- Feb9°/-4°12 mm
- Mar12°/-2°32 mm
- Apr15°/1°74 mm
- May17°/5°119 mm
- Jun19°/9°164 mm
- Jul19°/10°254 mm
- Aug19°/10°202 mm
- Sep17°/8°130 mm
- Oct15°/4°55 mm
- Nov11°/-1°4 mm
- Dec8°/-4°2 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Gangtey-Phobji.
Ramsar site in Bhutan
Gangtey-Phobji is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Bhutan, 2,833 m above the sea.
279 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,066 open records.
The most recorded are the Large-billed Crow, the Chough and the Tibetan Crane.
62 species come for the summer, 78 for the winter and 11 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including White-bellied Heron.
The most species are recorded from March to April and in November.
Get there and watch
- Kichu Resortplace to stay · 1.1 km · 13 within 10 km
- Samtengangnearest town · 22 km in a straight line
- Paro International Airport (PBH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 75 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
- 1bird hides within 6 km
- 1marked trails within 4 kmGangtey Phobji Nature Trail
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 13places to stay within 10 kmKichu Resort, Dewachen Resort, Six Senses Gangtey and 10 more
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks 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.
Other places nearby.
Gangtey-Phobji
Bhutan
- 70Birdyas Score
- 279Species
- 151Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q140198731) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,066 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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