India Ramsar wetland
Dipor Bil
376 bird species recorded; the most from December to March.
Renzut · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
287 species in January.282 species in February.299 species in March.267 species in April.210 species in May.151 species in June.157 species in July.144 species in August.178 species in September.225 species in October.264 species in November.298 species in December.
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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
376 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).
- 376Speciesrecorded more than once
- 219Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 8ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 165,168Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 33Raptors
- 8Owls
- 28Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 24Ducks & geese
- 19Herons, ibises & grebes
- 7Storks & cranes
- 168Songbirds
- 83Other 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 376 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors33 species
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
- Slender-billed vultureGyps tenuirostrisCR
- White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensisCR
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Pallas’s fish eagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
- Buteo refectusButeo refectus
- Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoni
- Red-headed FalconFalco chicqueraNT
- Oriental HobbyFalco severus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Grey-headed Fish EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetusNT
Owls8 species
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
- Oriental Scops-owlOtus sunia
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Collared OwletGlaucidium brodiei
Waders28 species
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Little PratincoleGlareola lactea
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiNT
- Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
Gulls & seabirds6 species
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ducks & geese24 species
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Baer's PochardAythya baeriCR
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
Herons, ibises & grebes19 species
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Malay Night-heronGorsachius melanolophus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Grey PelicanPelecanus philippensisNT
Storks & cranes7 species
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Greater AdjutantLeptoptilos dubiusNT
- Lesser Adjutant StorkLeptoptilos javanicusNT
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
- Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds168 species
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja
- Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
- Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Javan CuckooshrikeCoracina javensis
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
- Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
- Yellow-bellied WarblerAbroscopus superciliaris
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Pallas’s grasshopper warblerLocustella certhiola
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifrons
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Greater Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax pectoralis
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Pale-chinned FlycatcherCyornis poliogenys
- Black-backed ForktailEnicurus immaculatus
- Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescens
- Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostra
- Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remifer
- Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
- Lesser Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax monileger
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Plain FlowerpeckerDicaeum minullum
- Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puella
- Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensis
- Chloropsis moluccensisChloropsis moluccensis
- Southern Blyth's Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus reguloides
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatus
- White-browed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus schisticeps
- Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Sand LarkCalandrella raytal
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- White-throated BulbulAlophoixus flaveolus
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Green MagpieCissa chinensis
- Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrina
- Striated BabblerTurdoides earlei
- Small NiltavaNiltava macgrigoriae
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- White-bellied ErpornisErpornis zantholeuca
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- Whistler’s WarblerSeicercus whistleri
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Stachyris nigricepsStachyris nigriceps
- Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythra
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Black-winged CuckooshrikeCoracina melaschistos
- Smoky WarblerPhylloscopus fuligiventer
- Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventris
- Rufous-fronted BabblerStachyridopsis rufifrons
- Hooded PittaPitta sordida
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Black-throated Dark-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanni
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- Silver-breasted BroadbillSerilophus lunatus
- Yellow-vented WarblerPhylloscopus cantator
- Malacocincla abbottiMalacocincla abbotti
- Locustella thoracicaLocustella thoracica
- Maroon OrioleOriolus traillii
- Pale Blue-FlycatcherCyornis unicolor
- Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusilla
- Rufous-necked LaughingthrushGarrulax ruficollis
- Tesia cyaniventerTesia cyaniventer
- Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis
- Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
- Slaty-backed ForktailEnicurus schistaceus
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- White-spectacled WarblerSeicercus affinis
- White-hooded babblerGampsorhynchus rufulus
- Orange-bellied leafbirdChloropsis hardwickii
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Lesser ShortwingBrachypteryx leucophris
- Dicrurus annectensDicrurus annectens
- Sultan TitMelanochlora sultanea
- Pitta nipalensisPitta nipalensis
- Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Long-tailed BroadbillPsarisomus dalhousiae
- Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostris
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Black-breasted ThrushTurdus dissimilis
- Green-crowned Warbler or Golden-spectacled WarblerSeicercus burkii
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Pale MartinRiparia diluta
- Baikal Bush WarblerLocustella davidi
- Pygmy FlycatcherFicedula hodgsoni
- Streaked SpiderhunterArachnothera magna
- Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturata
- Scaly ThrushZoothera dauma
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- White-throated Bush ChatSaxicola insignisVU
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Alcippe nipalensisAlcippe nipalensis
- White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucura
Other birds83 species
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Blue-throated barbetPsilopogon asiaticus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Cuculus variusCuculus varius
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- CootFulica atra
- Fulvous-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos macei
- Coracias affinisCoracias affinis
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Rhopodytes tristisRhopodytes tristis
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvaucelii
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandriNT
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Greater FlamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Thick-billed Green PigeonTreron curvirostra
- Oriental Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros albirostris
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos
- White-browed PiculetSasia ochracea
- Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
- Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aeneaNT
- Greater Yellownape WoodpeckerChrysophlegma flavinucha
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
- Black-backed Dwarf KingfisherCeyx erithacaNT
- Picus chlorolophusPicus chlorolophus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Asian Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx maculatus
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Pale-headed WoodpeckerGecinulus grantia
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Bay WoodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotis
- Speckled PiculetPicumnus innominatus
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentusVU
- Red-headed TrogonHarpactes erythrocephalus
- Blyth's SwiftApus leuconyx
- Ashy-headed Green-pigeonTreron phayreiNT
- White-cheeked Hill PartridgeArborophila atrogularis
- Brown CrakeAmaurornis akool
- Wedge-tailed Green PigeonTreron sphenurus
- Barred Cuckoo DoveMacropygia unchall
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
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 December to March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan21°/8°7 mm
- Feb24°/10°21 mm
- Mar29°/14°59 mm
- Apr31°/19°230 mm
- May32°/22°286 mm
- Jun32°/24°374 mm
- Jul32°/24°364 mm
- Aug32°/24°286 mm
- Sep30°/23°228 mm
- Oct28°/19°135 mm
- Nov25°/14°14 mm
- Dec22°/10°8 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Dipor Bil.
Permanent freshwater lake in India
Dipor Bil is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in India.
376 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 165,168 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Kite, the House Crow and the Common Myna.
76 species come for the summer, 140 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
8 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, River Tern and Slender-billed vulture.
The most species are recorded from December to March.

Get there and watch
- RCC 2 Boy's Hostelplace to stay · 3.9 km · 76 within 10 km
- Dharapurnearest town · 3.6 km in a straight line
- Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 7 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
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmDeepor Beel viewing point
- 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 76places to stay within 10 kmRCC 2 Boy's Hostel, Hotel NE Gateway, Hotel Times and 73 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
- 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 Dipor Bil.
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.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q986842) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 165,168 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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