India bird sanctuary
Kitam bird sanctuary
226 bird species recorded; the most from February to May.
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
89 species in January.138 species in February.136 species in March.136 species in April.142 species in May.58 species in June.25 species in July.44 species in August.27 species in September.132 species in October.89 species in November.133 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
226 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).
- 226Speciesrecorded more than once
- 117Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,914Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 512 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 4Owls
- 4Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 156Songbirds
- 48Other 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 226 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Collared FalconetMicrohierax caerulescens
- Black BazaAviceda leuphotes
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Black EagleIctinaetus malayensis
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
- Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
- Collared OwletGlaucidium brodiei
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersii
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- GoosanderMergus merganser
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosa
Songbirds156 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventris
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Green MagpieCissa chinensis
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis
- Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja
- Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollis
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- White-capped Water-redstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Green-backed TitParus monticolus
- Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrata
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Greater Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax pectoralis
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Streaked SpiderhunterArachnothera magna
- Red-tailed MinlaMinla ignotincta
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Maroon OrioleOriolus traillii
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Orange-bellied leafbirdChloropsis hardwickii
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- White-bellied ErpornisErpornis zantholeuca
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Sultan TitMelanochlora sultanea
- Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhynchus
- Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Ashy BulbulHemixos flavala
- Blue-throated Blue FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoides
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanni
- Lesser Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax monileger
- Small NiltavaNiltava macgrigoriae
- Blue-winged MinlaMinla cyanouroptera
- Long-tailed BroadbillPsarisomus dalhousiae
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Yellow-vented WarblerPhylloscopus cantator
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Blyth's Shrike-babblerPteruthius aeralatus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
- Chestnut-bellied Rock-ThrushMonticola rufiventris
- Yellow-bellied FantailChelidorhynx hypoxantha
- Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatus
- Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrina
- Mountain TailorbirdPhyllergates cuculatus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus erythrogenys
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifrons
- Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni
- Rufous-gorgeted FlycatcherFicedula strophiata
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Little ForktailEnicurus scouleri
- Spotted ForktailEnicurus maculatus
- Slaty-backed ForktailEnicurus schistaceus
- Large NiltavaNiltava grandis
- Pale-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus chloronotus
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
- Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
- Whistler’s WarblerSeicercus whistleri
- Tesia cyaniventerTesia cyaniventer
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Javan CuckooshrikeCoracina javensis
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Black-throated PriniaPrinia atrogularis
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
- White-browed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus schisticeps
- Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturata
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Black-winged CuckooshrikeCoracina melaschistos
- Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalense
- Grey-winged BlackbirdTurdus boulboul
- Buff-barred WarblerPhylloscopus pulcher
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Black-chinned YuhinaYuhina nigrimenta
- Stachyris nigricepsStachyris nigriceps
- Sapphire FlycatcherFicedula sapphira
- Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensis
- Pericrocotus solarisPericrocotus solaris
- Fire-tailed SunbirdAethopyga ignicauda
- White-tailed NuthatchSitta himalayensis
- Yellow-cheeked TitParus spilonotus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescens
- Black-eared Shrike-BabblerPteruthius melanotis
- Ashy-throated WarblerPhylloscopus maculipennis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Southern Blyth's Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus reguloides
- Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus
- Rufous-capped BabblerStachyridopsis ruficeps
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
- Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus
- Striated BulbulPycnonotus striatus
- Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostris
- Chestnut-crowned WarblerSeicercus castaniceps
- Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusilla
- Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularis
- White-naped YuhinaYuhina bakeri
- Yellow-bellied WarblerAbroscopus superciliaris
- Broad-billed warblerTickellia hodgsoni
- Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Brown-throated TreecreeperCerthia discolor
- Yellow-browed TitSylviparus modestus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Tickell's ThrushTurdus unicolor
- Alpine ThrushZoothera mollissima
- Pale Blue-FlycatcherCyornis unicolor
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophus
- Striated LaughingthrushGarrulax striatus
- Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remifer
- Slaty-blue FlycatcherFicedula tricolor
- Rufous-winged FulvettaAlcippe castaneceps
- Yellow-breasted GreenfinchChloris spinoides
- Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
- Mountain BulbulIxos mcclellandii
- Striated PriniaPrinia crinigera
- Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceus
- Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipes
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blue-throated barbetPsilopogon asiaticus
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Greater Yellownape WoodpeckerChrysophlegma flavinucha
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Rhopodytes tristisRhopodytes tristis
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Picus chlorolophusPicus chlorolophus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Oriental Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros albirostris
- Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos
- Greater FlamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
- Cuculus saturatusCuculus saturatus
- Wedge-tailed Green PigeonTreron sphenurus
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
- Cuculus sparverioidesCuculus sparverioides
- Great HornbillBuceros bicornisVU
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Speckled PiculetPicumnus innominatus
- Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni
- Pin-tailed Green-PigeonTreron apicauda
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
- Coracias affinisCoracias affinis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
- Fulvous-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos macei
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- Bay WoodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Barred Cuckoo DoveMacropygia unchall
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensis
- White-browed PiculetSasia ochracea
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
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 February to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan16°/6°6 mm
- Feb20°/8°12 mm
- Mar24°/11°30 mm
- Apr27°/15°64 mm
- May27°/17°144 mm
- Jun27°/19°235 mm
- Jul25°/20°419 mm
- Aug25°/20°317 mm
- Sep24°/18°242 mm
- Oct22°/15°70 mm
- Nov20°/11°4 mm
- Dec17°/8°3 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kitam bird sanctuary.
Bird sanctuary of India
Kitam bird sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in India, 512 m above the sea.
226 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,914 open records.
The most recorded are the Himalayan Bulbul, the Red-vented Bulbul and the Black-crested Bulbul.
36 species come for the summer, 77 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Great Hornbill.
The most species are recorded from February to May.
Get there and watch
- Kumar Kothi homestayplace to stay · 8.5 km · 138 within 10 km
- Jorethangnearest town · 1.3 km in a straight line
- Bagdogra Airport (IXB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 47 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
- 138places to stay within 10 kmKumar Kothi homestay, Tourist Lodge, Pine Tree Spa Resort and 135 more
- 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 Kitam bird sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas7 mountains within 25 kmObservatory Hill2,188 m · 8.7 kmTiger Hill, Darjeeling · 13 kmTendong · 14 kmDeolo Hill · 17 kmLepcha Jagat · 17 kmSungri · 22 kmChumsering · 25 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmVictoria falls · 10 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Kitam bird sanctuary
India
- 68Birdyas Score
- 226Species
- 117Migrants
- 1Threatened
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
Nepal · 141 km
- 92Birdyas Score
- 425Species
- 255Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q106257541) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,914 open bird records within 4 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, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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