Nepal Ramsar wetland
Gokyo Lakes
67 bird species recorded; the most in October.
Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
This month here
8 species in January.2 species in February.42 species in March.33 species in April.35 species in May.1 species in June.1 species in July.4 species in August.15 species in September.46 species in October.31 species in November.40 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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NTNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
67 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).
- 67Speciesrecorded more than once
- 34Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 793Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 5,055 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 7Raptors
- 2Waders
- 6Ducks & geese
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 45Songbirds
- 6Other 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 67 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNT
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Baer's PochardAythya baeriCR
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Songbirds45 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Robin AccentorPrunella rubeculoides
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
- White-winged RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Brandt’s Mountain FinchLeucosticte brandti
- White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
- Spotted Great RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilla
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Plain Mountain-FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
- Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
- GrandalaGrandala coelicolor
- Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiata
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostris
- Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
- Red-fronted RosefinchCarpodacus puniceus
- Altai AccentorPrunella himalayana
- Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- White-capped Water-redstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Himalayan Beautiful RosefinchCarpodacus pulcherrimus
- Carpodacus rubicilloidesCarpodacus rubicilloides
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticeps
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla adamsi
- Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Spot-winged GrosbeakMycerobas melanozanthos
- White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus thura
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Yellow-breasted GreenfinchChloris spinoides
- Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affine
- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
Other birds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tibetan SnowcockTetraogallus tibetanus
- Snow PigeonColumba leuconota
- Himalayan MonalLophophorus impejanus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Snow PartridgeLerwa lerwa
- Blood PheasantIthaginis cruentus
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 October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-6°/-19°4 mm
- Feb-4°/-18°7 mm
- Mar-1°/-14°11 mm
- Apr2°/-9°19 mm
- May6°/-5°46 mm
- Jun10°/-2°70 mm
- Jul10°/1°164 mm
- Aug9°/1°144 mm
- Sep8°/-1°76 mm
- Oct3°/-7°19 mm
- Nov0°/-12°2 mm
- Dec-3°/-16°2 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Gokyo Lakes.
Lake
Gokyo Lakes is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Nepal, 5,055 m above the sea.
67 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 793 open records.
The most recorded are the Alpine Chough, the Tibetan Snowcock and the Robin Accentor.
8 species come for the summer, 20 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Baer's Pochard.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Cho-Oyu View Lodgeplace to stay · 3.8 km · 40 within 10 km
- Lobuchenearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 33 km in a straight lineCar hire at KTM airport (Kathmandu)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
- 2marked trails within 4 km
- 12viewpoints within 5 kmरेंजो ला, Everest viewpoint, Gokyo Ri and 9 more
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 km
- 40places to stay within 10 kmCho-Oyu View Lodge, Gokyo Resort, Cho La Pass Resort and 37 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 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 Gokyo Lakes.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Gokyo Lakes
Nepal
- 46Birdyas Score
- 67Species
- 34Migrants
- 1Threatened
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
Nepal · 152 km
- 92Birdyas Score
- 425Species
- 255Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q135524) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 793 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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