Nepal Ramsar wetland
Gosaikunda
215 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Bharat2 · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
27 species in January.43 species in February.101 species in March.168 species in April.192 species in May.113 species in June.89 species in July.0 species in August.48 species in September.64 species in October.53 species in November.64 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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No records for this 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
215 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).
- 215Speciesrecorded more than once
- 128Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,806Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4,395 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 2Owls
- 1Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 164Songbirds
- 32Other 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 215 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
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- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
- Buteo refectusButeo refectus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNT
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensisNT
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Black EagleIctinaetus malayensis
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Owls2 species
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- Himalayan OwlStrix nivicolum
- Mountain Scops-OwlOtus spilocephalus
Waders1 species
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- Wood SnipeGallinago nemoricolaVU
Ducks & geese1 species
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- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Songbirds164 species
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- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affine
- White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
- Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventris
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus thura
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
- Golden Bush-robinTarsiger chrysaeus
- Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Fire-tailed SunbirdAethopyga ignicauda
- GrandalaGrandala coelicolor
- Altai AccentorPrunella himalayana
- Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiata
- Himalayan BluetailTarsiger rufilatus
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Variegated LaughingthrushTrochalopteron variegatum
- Grey Crested TitLophophanes dichrous
- Plain Mountain-FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
- White-capped Water-redstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Spotted LaughingthrushGarrulax ocellatus
- White-collared BlackbirdTurdus albocinctus
- White-browed Bush-robinTarsiger indicus
- Red-fronted RosefinchCarpodacus puniceus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Dark-breasted RosefinchProcarduelis nipalensis
- Rufous-gorgeted FlycatcherFicedula strophiata
- Grey-sided Bush WarblerCettia brunnifrons
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Bar-throated MinlaMinla strigula
- Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrata
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Red-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythrocephala
- Buff-barred WarblerPhylloscopus pulcher
- Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostris
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Black-throated Dark-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensis
- Yellow-bellied FantailChelidorhynx hypoxantha
- Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
- Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
- Pale-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus chloronotus
- Pink-browed RosefinchCarpodacus rodochroa
- Black-browed BushtitAegithalos iouschistos
- Hodgson's TreecreeperCerthia hodgsoni
- Rufous-vented YuhinaYuhina occipitalis
- Spot-winged RosefinchCarpodacus rodopeplus
- White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticeps
- Whistler’s WarblerSeicercus whistleri
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Green-backed TitParus monticolus
- Southern Blyth's Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus reguloides
- Rusty-flanked TreecreeperCerthia nipalensis
- Fire-tailed MyzornisMyzornis pyrrhoura
- Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis
- Himalayan Beautiful RosefinchCarpodacus pulcherrimus
- Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus
- Scaly-breasted CupwingPnoepyga albiventer
- Collared GrosbeakMycerobas affinis
- Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
- White-tailed NuthatchSitta himalayensis
- Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Alpine ThrushZoothera mollissima
- Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
- Chestnut-bellied Rock-ThrushMonticola rufiventris
- Great ParrotbillConostoma aemodium
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Long-tailed ThrushZoothera dixoni
- Rufous-breasted Bush RobinTarsiger hyperythrus
- Large-billed Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus magnirostris
- Spot-winged GrosbeakMycerobas melanozanthos
- Indian Blue RobinLuscinia brunnea
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceus
- Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
- Smoky WarblerPhylloscopus fuligiventer
- Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularis
- Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollis
- Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus
- Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalense
- White-throated LaughingthrushGarrulax albogularis
- Yellow-breasted GreenfinchChloris spinoides
- Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Robin AccentorPrunella rubeculoides
- Blue-capped RedstartPhoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Scaly ThrushZoothera dauma
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Striated LaughingthrushGarrulax striatus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Striated PriniaPrinia crinigera
- Crimson-browed RosefinchCarpodacus subhimachalus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey-winged BlackbirdTurdus boulboul
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Green-crowned Warbler or Golden-spectacled WarblerSeicercus burkii
- Ashy-throated WarblerPhylloscopus maculipennis
- Black-faced WarblerAbroscopus schisticeps
- Streak-breasted Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus ruficollis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Slaty-blue FlycatcherFicedula tricolor
- Rufous-winged FulvettaAlcippe castaneceps
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Gould's ShortwingHeteroxenicus stellatus
- Gould's SunbirdAethopyga gouldiae
- Maroon OrioleOriolus traillii
- Tibetan BlackbirdTurdus maximus
- Black-lored TitParus xanthogenys
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Small NiltavaNiltava macgrigoriae
- Chestnut-crowned WarblerSeicercus castaniceps
- Hoary-throated BarwingActinodura nipalensis
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus erythrogenys
- Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhynchus
- Hodgsonius phoenicuroidesHodgsonius phoenicuroides
- Pomatorhinus superciliarisPomatorhinus superciliaris
- Chestnut-headed TesiaCettia castaneocoronata
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Brown BullfinchPyrrhula nipalensis
- Tesia cyaniventerTesia cyaniventer
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-winged CuckooshrikeCoracina melaschistos
- Tickell's ThrushTurdus unicolor
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Nepal Wren-BabblerPnoepyga immaculata
- Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusilla
- Brandt’s Mountain FinchLeucosticte brandti
- Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
- White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucura
- Crested BuntingEmberiza lathami
- Pied ThrushGeokichla wardii
- Scaly LaughingthrushTrochalopteron subunicolor
- Hume's Bush WarblerHorornis brunnescens
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- White-backed ThrushTurdus kessleri
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Blue-throated Blue FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoides
- Little ForktailEnicurus scouleri
- Green Shrike-BabblerPteruthius xanthochlorus
- Spiny BabblerTurdoides nipalensis
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanni
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Black-chinned BabblerStachyridopsis pyrrhops
- Black-throated ParrotbillSuthora nipalensis
- Fulvous ParrotbillSuthora fulvifrons
- Blyth's Shrike-babblerPteruthius aeralatus
- Mountain BulbulIxos mcclellandii
- Carpodacus rubicilloidesCarpodacus rubicilloides
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds32 species
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- Himalayan MonalLophophorus impejanus
- Snow PigeonColumba leuconota
- Blood PheasantIthaginis cruentus
- Snow PartridgeLerwa lerwa
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
- Crimson Horned-pheasantTragopan satyra
- Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos
- Cuculus sparverioidesCuculus sparverioides
- Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensis
- Hill PartridgeArborophila torqueola
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- Blyth's SwiftApus leuconyx
- Speckled WoodpigeonColumba hodgsonii
- Cuculus saturatusCuculus saturatus
- Tibetan SnowcockTetraogallus tibetanus
- Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerPicus squamatus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
- Ashy Wood PigeonColumba pulchricollis
- Wedge-tailed Green PigeonTreron sphenurus
- Yellow-rumped HoneyguideIndicator xanthonotus
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- Golden-throated BarbetPsilopogon franklinii
- Scarlet-breasted WoodpeckerDryobates cathpharius
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Greater Yellownape WoodpeckerChrysophlegma flavinucha
- Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auriceps
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 May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan7°/-5°9 mm
- Feb9°/-3°15 mm
- Mar12°/0°20 mm
- Apr16°/4°31 mm
- May18°/7°71 mm
- Jun19°/10°128 mm
- Jul18°/12°219 mm
- Aug18°/11°193 mm
- Sep17°/10°127 mm
- Oct14°/5°37 mm
- Nov11°/1°4 mm
- Dec8°/-2°5 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Gosaikunda.
Lake in Nepal
Gosaikunda is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Nepal, 4,395 m above the sea.
215 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,806 open records.
The most recorded are the Large-billed Crow, the Black-faced Laughingthrush and the White-winged Grosbeak.
80 species come for the summer, 40 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Wood Snipe.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Hotel Lake Sideplace to stay · 0.4 km · 96 within 10 km
- Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 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
- 1marked trails within 4 kmGosainKunda Trek
- 6viewpoints within 5 km
- 96places to stay within 10 kmHotel Lake Side, Hotel Taj Mahal, Laligurash and 93 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 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 Gosaikunda.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas20 mountains within 25 kmChhyārkuṅ Chuli̇̄4,557 m · 2.5 kmNaya Kanga5,846 m · 12 kmBaden-Powell Peak5,710 m · 15 kmGheṅge Liru6,596 m · 19 kmPonggen Dopku5,928 m · 22 kmLangtang Lirung7,227 m · 22 km↗Tserko Ri4,985 m · 23 kmGarthali̇̄4,298 m · 25 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.
Gosaikunda
Nepal
- 68Birdyas Score
- 215Species
- 128Migrants
- 1Threatened
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
Nepal · 223 km
- 92Birdyas Score
- 425Species
- 255Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2565308) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,806 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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