Sagarmatha National Park is an area of global significance in terms of avifaunal diversity as it represents the ecosystems from the highest point of the earth’s surface. SNP is also important for the earth’s evolutionary history, which is one of the most interesting regions geologically. Moreover, this area endowed with natural and cultural values has been qualified to be included in the list of World Heritage Sites. There are 219 species of birds belonging to 32 families recorded so far in Sagarmatha National Park and its Buffer Zone.
Best time for Birding in Everest Region
April and May are the best months for birdwatching along the Everest Base Camp Trek. Most altitudinal migrants have made their way up, and there is a lot of breeding activity during this time. October and November, the best months for mountain views, however, have much less variety, as many of the altitudinal migrants have moved lower.
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Checklist of the Birds of Everest Region
Everest National Park has 219 bird species. Before heading towards the checklist you can read The Ultimate Guide To Birdwatching.
Here is the complete checklist:
| Birds of Everest National Park- Checklist | ||
| SN | Order/Family/ Common Name | Scientific Name |
| GALLIFORMES Phasianidae |
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| 1 | Danphe/Himalayan Monal | Lophophorus impejanus |
| 2 | Snow Partridge | Lerwa lerwa |
| 3 | Blood Pheasant II | Ithaginis cruentus |
| 4 | Kalij Pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos |
| 5 | Tibetan Snowcock I | Tetraogallus tibetanus |
| 6 | Satyr Tragopan III, # | Tragopan satyra |
| ANSERIFORMES Anatidae |
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| 7 | Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| 8 | Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| 9 | Common Teal | Anas crecca |
| 10 | Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope |
| 11 | Garganey | Anas querquedula |
| 12 | Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| 13 | Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus |
| 14 | Common Pochard * VU | Aythya ferina |
| 15 | Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
| 16 | Ferruginous Pochard | Aythya nyroca |
| 17 | Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| 18 | Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea |
| PICIFORMES Picidae |
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| 19 | Crimson-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos cathpharius |
| 20 | Darjeeling Woodpecker | Dendrocopos darjellensis |
| 21 | Scaly-bellied Woodpecker | Picus squamatus |
| UPUPIFORMES Upupidae |
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| 22 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| CUCULIFORMES Cuculidae |
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| 23 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 24 | Eurasian Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| 25 | Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus |
| 26 | Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
| 27 | Large Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides |
| APODIFORMES Apodidae |
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| 28 | Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus |
| 29 | Himalayan Swiftlet | Collocalia brevirostris |
| STRIGIFORMES Strigidae |
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| 30 | Little Owl II | Athene noctua |
| 31 | Eurasian Eagle Owl II | Bubo bubo |
| 32 | Tawny Owl II | Strix aluco |
| COLUMBIFORMES Columbidae |
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| 33 | Speckled Wood Pigeon | Columba hodgsonii |
| 34 | Snow Pigeon | Columba leuconota |
| 35 | Hill Pigeon | Columba rupestris |
| 36 | Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis |
| GRUIFORMES Otididae |
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| 37 | Demoiselle Crane II | Grus virgo |
| Rallididae | ||
| 38 | Common Coot | Fulica atra |
| CICONIIFORMES Scolopacidae |
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| 39 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 40 | Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii |
| 41 | Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| 42 | Wood Snipe * VU | Gallinago nemoricola |
| 43 | Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria |
| 44 | Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola |
| 45 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 46 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| 47 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| 48 | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| Charadriidae | ||
| 49 | Ibisbill | Ibidorhyncha struthersii |
| Laridae | ||
| 50 | Brown-headed Gull | Larus brunnicephalus |
| 51 | Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus |
| 52 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Accipitridae | ||
| 53 | Northern Goshawk II | Accipiter gentilis |
| 54 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk II | Accipiter nisus |
| 55 | Besra | Accipiter virgatus |
| 56 | Cinereous Vulture II | Aegypius monachus |
| 57 | Steppe Eagle * EN, II | Aquila nipalensis |
| 58 | Golden Eagle II | Aquila chrysaetos |
| 59 | Imperial Eagle * VU, I | Aquilla heliaca |
| 60 | Common Buzzard II | Buteo buteo |
| 61 | Long-legged Buzzard II | Buteo rufinus |
| 62 | Hen Harrier II | Circus cyaneus |
| 63 | Lammergeier II | Gypaetus barbatus |
| 64 | Himalayan Griffon II | Gyps himalayensis |
| 65 | Booted Eagle II | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 66 | Black Kite II | Milvus migrans |
| 67 | Osprey II | Pandion haliaetus |
| Falconidae | ||
| 68 | Merlin II | Falco columbarius |
| 69 | Peregrine Falcon I | Falco peregrinus |
| 70 | Common Kestrel II | |
| Podicipedidae | ||
| 71 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| 72 | Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| PASSERIFORMES Laniidae |
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| 73 | Grey-backed Shrike | Lanius tephronotus |
| Corvidae | ||
| 74 | Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| 75 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
| 76 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus |
| 77 | Spotted Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes |
| 78 | Long-tailed Minivet | Pericrocotus ethologus |
| 79 | Yellow-bellied Fantail | Pericrocotus hypoxantha |
| 80 | Red-billed Chough | Pryrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
| 81 | Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus |
| 82 | Yellow-billed Blue Magpie | Urocissa flavirostris |
| 83 | Hume’s Groundpecker | Pseudopodoces humilis |
| Cinclidae | ||
| 84 | White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus |
| 85 | Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii |
| Muscicapidae | ||
| 86 | White-capped Water Redstart | Chaimarrornis leucocephalus |
| 87 | Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis |
| 88 | Little Forktail | Enicurus scouleri |
| 89 | Spotted Forktail | Enicurus maculatus |
| 90 | Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassina |
| 91 | Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher | Ficedula strophiata |
| 92 | Ultramarine Flycatcher | Ficedula superciliaris |
| 93 | Slaty-blue Flycatcher | Ficedula tricolor |
| 94 | Grandala | Grandala coelicolor |
| 95 | White-bellied Redstart | Hodgsonius phaenicuroides |
| 96 | White-tailed Rubythroat | Luscinia pectoralis |
| 97 | Indian Blue Robin | Luscinia brunnea |
| 98 | Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica |
| 99 | Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush |
Monticola rufiventris |
| 100 | Ferruginous Flycatcher | Muscicapa ferruginea |
| 101 | Blue Whistling Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus |
| 102 | Rufous-bellied Niltava | Niltava sundara |
| 103 | White-winged Redstart | Phoenicurus erythrogaster |
| 104 | Blue-fronted Redstart | Phoenicurus frontalis |
| 105 | Hodgson’s Redstart | Phoenicurus hodgsoni |
| 106 | Blue-capped Redstart | Phoenicurus coeruleocephalus |
| 107 | Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros |
| 108 | White-throated Redstart | Phoenicurus schisticeps |
| 109 | Plumbeous Water Redstart | Rhyacornis fuliginosus |
| 110 | Grey Bushchat | Saxicola ferrea |
| 111 | Common Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
| 112 | Golden Bush Robin | Tarsiger chryaseus |
| 113 | Himalayan Bluetail | Tarsiger (cyanurus) rufilatus |
| 114 | White-browed Bush Robin | Tarsiger indicus |
| 115 | White-collared Blackbird | Turdus albocinctus |
| 116 | Kessler’s Thrush | Turdus kessleri |
| 117 | Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula maximus |
| 118 | Dark-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis |
| 119 | Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis |
| 120 | Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus |
| 121 | Long-tailed Thrush | Zoothera dixoni |
| 122 | Plain-backed Thrush | Zoothera mollissima |
| Sturnidae | ||
| 123 | Purple-backed Starling | Sturnus sturninus |
| Sittidae | ||
| 124 | Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria |
| 125 | White-tailed Nuthatch | Sitta himalayansis |
| Certhiidae | ||
| 126 | Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris |
| 127 | Rusty-flanked Treecreeper | Certhia nipalensis |
| 128 | Winter Wren | Troglodytes trolodytes |
| Paridae | ||
| 129 | Coal Tit | Parus ater |
| 130 | Grey-crested Tit | Parus dichrous |
| 131 | Great Tit | Parus major |
| 132 | Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus |
| 133 | Rufous-vented Tit | Parus rubidiventris |
| 134 | Yellow-browed Tit | Sylviparus modestus |
| Aegithalidae | ||
| 135 | Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos consinnus |
| 136 | Rufous-fronted Tit | Aegithalos iouschistos |
| Hirundinidae | ||
| 137 | Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus |
| 138 | Nepal House Martin | Delichon nepalensis |
| 139 | Eurasian Crag Martin | Hirundo rupestris |
| 140 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Regulidae | ||
| 141 | Goldcrest | Regulus regulus |
| Sylviidae | ||
| 142 | White-browed Fulvetta | Alcippe vinipectus |
| 143 | Rufous-winged Fulvetta | Alcippe castaneceps |
| 144 | Grey-sided Bush Warbler | Cettia brunnifrons |
| 145 | Black-faced Laughingthrush | Garrulax affinis |
| 146 | Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush | Garrulax erythrocephalus |
| 147 | Streaked Laughingthrush | Garrulax lineatus |
| 148 | Spotted Laughingthrush | Garrulax ocellatus |
| 149 | Rufous Sibia | Heterophasia capsitrata |
| 150 | Bar-throated Siva | Minla strigula |
| 151 | Fulvous Parrotbill | Paradoxornis fulvifrons |
| 152 | Tickell’s Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus affinis |
| 153 | Lemon-rumped Warbler | Phylloscopus chlorontus |
| 154 | Smoky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuligiventer |
| 155 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus |
| 156 | Ashy-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus maculipennis |
| 157 | Large-billed Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus magnirostris |
| 158 | Western Crowned Warbler |
Phylloscopus occipitalis |
| 159 | Buff-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus pulcher |
| 160 | Blyth’s Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus reguloides |
| 161 | Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides |
| 162 | Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler | Pnoepyga albiventer |
| 163 | Green Shrike Babbler | Pteruthius xanthochlorus |
| 164 | Hoary-throated Barwing | Actinodura nipalensis |
| 165 | Green-crowned Warbler | Seicercus burkii |
| 166 | Whistler’s Warbler | Seicercus whistleri |
| 167 | Grey-hooded Warbler | Seicercus xanthoschistos |
| 168 | Stripe-throated Yuhina | Yuhina gularis |
| 169 | Rufous-vented Yuhina | Yuhina occipitalis |
| Alaudidae | ||
| 170 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula |
| 171 | Hume’s Short-toed Lark | Calandrella acutirostris |
| 172 | Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla |
| 173 | Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Nectariniidae | ||
| 174 | Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum melanoxanthum |
| 175 | Mrs Gould’s Sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae |
| 176 | Green-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga nipalensis |
| 177 | Fire-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga ignicauda |
| Passeridae | ||
| 178 | Blyth’s Pipit | Anthus godlewskii |
| 179 | Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| 180 | Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni |
| 181 | Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus |
| 182 | Citrine Wagtail | Montacilla citreola |
| 183 | White Wagtail | Montacilla alba |
| 184 | Grey Wagtail | Montacilla cinerea |
| 185 | Rufous-necked Snowfinch | Montifringilla ruficolis |
| 186 | Black-winged Snowfinch | Montrifringilla adamsi |
| 187 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 188 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
| 189 | Russet Sparrow | Passer rutilans |
| 190 | Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris |
| 191 | Brown Accentor | Prunella fulvescens |
| 192 | Altai Accentor | Prunella himalayana |
| 193 | Robin Accentor | Prunella rubeculoides |
| 194 | Rufous-breasted Accentor | Prunellla strophiata |
| 195 | Maroon-backed Accentor | Prunella immaculata |
| Fringillidae | ||
| 196 | Twite | Carduelis flavirostris |
| 197 | Yellow-breasted Greenfinch | Carduelis spinoiedes |
| 198 | Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus |
| 199 | Dark-brested Rosefinch | Carpodacus nipalnesis |
| 200 | Beautiful Rosefich | Carpodacus pulcherrimus |
| 201 | Red-fronted Rosefinch | Carpodacus puniceus |
| 202 | Pink-browed Rosefinch | Carpodacus rodochrous |
| 203 | Spot-winged Rosefinch | Carpodacus rodopeplus |
| 204 | Great Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubicilla |
| 205 | Streaked Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubicilloides |
| 206 | White-browed Rosefinch | Carpodacus thura |
| 207 | Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata |
| 208 | Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla |
| 209 | Brandt’s Mountain Finch | Leucostice brandti |
| 210 | Plain Mountain Finch | Leucostice nemoricola |
| 211 | Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
| 212 | Collared Grosbeak | Mycerobas affinis |
| 213 | Spot-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas melanozanthos |
| 214 | White-winged Grosbeak | Nycerobas carnipes |
| 215 | Crimson-browed Finch | Pinicola subhimachala |
| 216 | Brown Bullfinch | Pyrrhula nipalensis |
| 217 | Scarlet Finch | Haematospiza sipahi |
| 218 | Red-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythrocephala |
| 219 | Tibetan Serin | Serinus thibetanus |
