Nepal Ramsar wetland
Jagdishpur Reservoir
251 bird species recorded; the most in March and in December.
Bijaya2043 · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
163 species in January.167 species in February.183 species in March.144 species in April.99 species in May.61 species in June.47 species in July.46 species in August.90 species in September.150 species in October.135 species in November.195 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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NTVUNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
251 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).
- 251Speciesrecorded more than once
- 139Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,281Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 112 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 24Raptors
- 3Owls
- 24Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 22Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 7Storks & cranes
- 102Songbirds
- 49Other 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 251 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
- White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensisCR
- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Indian spotted eagleAquila hastata
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Red-headed FalconFalco chicqueraNT
- Buteo refectusButeo refectus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Slender-billed vultureGyps tenuirostrisCR
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
Waders24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiNT
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little PratincoleGlareola lactea
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Ducks & geese22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- GoosanderMergus merganser
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosa
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Striated HeronButorides striata
Storks & cranes7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Adjutant StorkLeptoptilos javanicusNT
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Sarus CraneGrus antigoneVU
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds102 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Smoky WarblerPhylloscopus fuligiventer
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
- Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensis
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Javan CuckooshrikeCoracina javensis
- White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Crested BuntingEmberiza lathami
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Locustella thoracicaLocustella thoracica
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventris
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Chestnut-crowned Bush-WarblerCettia major
- Black-headed MuniaLonchura malacca
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
- Indian NuthatchSitta castanea
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- Indian PittaPitta brachyura
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifrons
- Common BabblerTurdoides caudata
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Hume’s Short-toed LarkCalandrella acutirostris
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythroryncha
- West Himalayan Bush WarblerLocustella kashmirensis
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
Other birds49 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- CootFulica atra
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Indian grey hornbillOcyceros birostris
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Brown CrakeAmaurornis akool
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Cuculus variusCuculus varius
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicus
- Blue-throated barbetPsilopogon asiaticus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
- Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
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 March and in December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan22°/9°17 mm
- Feb26°/12°23 mm
- Mar33°/17°18 mm
- Apr38°/23°20 mm
- May40°/26°67 mm
- Jun38°/28°217 mm
- Jul33°/26°417 mm
- Aug32°/26°301 mm
- Sep31°/24°200 mm
- Oct30°/20°55 mm
- Nov27°/15°2 mm
- Dec23°/10°5 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Jagdishpur Reservoir.
Reservoir in Kapilvastu district, Nepal
Jagdishpur Reservoir is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Nepal.
251 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,281 open records.
The most recorded are the Indian Pond-Heron, the Little Cormorant and the Lesser Adjutant Stork.
38 species come for the summer, 100 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Sarus Crane, Common Pochard and White-rumped Vulture.
The most species are recorded in March and in December.
Get there and watch
- Subedi Guest Houseplace to stay · 7.4 km · 15 within 10 km
- Gautam Buddha International Airport (BWA)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
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmJagdishpur Reservoir
- 15places to stay within 10 kmSubedi Guest House, Hotel Sangam Palace, Lumbini Hotel and Lodge and 12 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Jagdishpur Reservoir.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmJagdishpur Reservoir0.9 km² · 0.3 km
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.
Jagdishpur Reservoir
Nepal
- 76Birdyas Score
- 251Species
- 139Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6122354) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,281 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 | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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