CHELE LA PASS
BHUTAN
LOCALE
| Altitude (m): | 3810 |
| # Species: | 238 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 238 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
| Habitat: Alpine scrub, tundra | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | |Bar-headed Goose| | Anser indicus | |
| 2 | /Ruddy Shelduck/ | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| 3 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 4 | |Eurasian Wigeon| | Mareca penelope | |
| 5 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 6 | |Northern Pintail| | Anas acuta | |
| 7 | |Tufted Duck| | Aythya fuligula | |
| 8 | /Common Merganser/ | Mergus merganser | |
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| 9 | Hill Partridge | Arborophila torqueola | |
| 10 | Blood Pheasant | Ithaginis cruentus | |
| 11 | Satyr Tragopan | Tragopan satyra | |
| 12 | Himalayan Monal | Lophophorus impejanus | |
| 13 | Kalij Pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos | |
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| 14 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 15 | <Snow Pigeon> | Columba leuconota | |
| 16 | Speckled Wood-Pigeon | Columba hodgsonii | |
| 17 | Ashy Wood-Pigeon | Columba pulchricollis | |
| 18 | Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| 19 | (Spotted Dove) | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 20 | Mountain Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula badia | |
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| 21 | (Common Cuckoo) | Cuculus canorus | |
| 22 | (Himalayan Cuckoo) | Cuculus saturatus | |
| 23 | (Large Hawk-Cuckoo) | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
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| 24 | Gray Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
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| 25 | (White-throated Needletail) | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| 26 | Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| 27 | Blyth's Swift | Apus leuconyx | |
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| 28 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| 29 | Black-tailed Crake | Zapornia bicolor | |
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| 30 | Ibisbill | Ibidorhyncha struthersii | |
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| 31 | River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | |
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| 32 | Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| 33 | /Pin-tailed Snipe/ | Gallinago stenura | |
| 34 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 35 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 36 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
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| 37 | |Brown-headed Gull| | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
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| 38 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 39 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 40 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| 41 | Himalayan Griffon | Gyps himalayensis | |
| 42 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 43 | Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | |
| 44 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 45 | |Steppe Eagle| | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 46 | Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| 47 | /Hen Harrier/ | Circus cyaneus | |
| 48 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 49 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 50 | Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| 51 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| 52 | Eurasian Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| 53 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 54 | Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| 55 | /Himalayan Buzzard/ | Buteo reflectus | |
| 56 | |Long-legged Buzzard| | Buteo rufinus | |
| 57 | /Upland Buzzard/ | Buteo hemilasius | |
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| 58 | Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei | |
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| 59 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 60 | Great Barbet | Psilopogon virens | |
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| 61 | Yellow-rumped Honeyguide | Indicator xanthonotus | |
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| 62 | Rufous-bellied Woodpecker | Dendrocopos hyperythrus | |
| 63 | Darjeeling Woodpecker | Dendrocopos darjellensis | |
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| 64 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 65 | |Eurasian Hobby| | Falco subbuteo | |
| 66 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 67 | Gray-chinned Minivet | Pericrocotus solaris | |
| 68 | Short-billed Minivet | Pericrocotus brevirostris | |
| 69 | (Long-tailed Minivet) | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
| 70 | Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | |
| 71 | (Black-winged Cuckooshrike) | Lalage melaschistos | |
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| 72 | White-browed Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius aeralatus | |
| 73 | Green Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius xanthochlorus | |
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| 74 | Maroon Oriole | Oriolus traillii | |
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| 75 | White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | |
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| 76 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| 77 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
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| 78 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| 79 | Gray-backed Shrike | Lanius tephronotus | |
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| 80 | Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| 81 | Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie | Urocissa flavirostris | |
| 82 | Gray Treepie | Dendrocitta formosae | |
| 83 | Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| 84 | Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| 85 | Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
| 86 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| 87 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| 88 | Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail | Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus | |
| 89 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| 90 | Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| 91 | Rufous-vented Tit | Periparus rubidiventris | |
| 92 | Gray-crested Tit | Lophophanes dichrous | |
| 93 | Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus | |
| 94 | Yellow-cheeked Tit | Machlolophus spilonotus | |
| 95 | Yellow-browed Tit | Sylviparus modestus | |
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| 96 | (Oriental Skylark) | Alauda gulgula | |
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| 97 | |Blyth's Reed Warbler| | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
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| 98 | (Barn Swallow) | Hirundo rustica | |
| 99 | Nepal House-Martin | Delichon nipalense | |
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| 100 | Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | |
| 101 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
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| 102 | Ashy-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus maculipennis | |
| 103 | Buff-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus pulcher | |
| 104 | /Yellow-browed Warbler/ | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| 105 | Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | |
| 106 | Lemon-rumped Warbler | Phylloscopus chloronotus | |
| 107 | |Tickell's Leaf Warbler| | Phylloscopus affinis | |
| 108 | (Green-crowned Warbler) | Phylloscopus burkii | |
| 109 | (Whistler's Warbler) | Phylloscopus whistleri | |
| 110 | Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
| 111 | (Large-billed Leaf Warbler) | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
| 112 | (Chestnut-crowned Warbler) | Phylloscopus castaniceps | |
| 113 | Yellow-vented Warbler | Phylloscopus cantator | |
| 114 | (Blyth's Leaf Warbler) | Phylloscopus reguloides | |
| 115 | Gray-hooded Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthoschistos | |
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| 116 | Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler | Cettia major | |
| 117 | Gray-sided Bush Warbler | Cettia brunnifrons | |
| 118 | Chestnut-headed Tesia | Cettia castaneocoronata | |
| 119 | Yellow-bellied Warbler | Abroscopus superciliaris | |
| 120 | Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler | Horornis fortipes | |
| 121 | Aberrant Bush Warbler | Horornis flavolivaceus | |
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| 122 | Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos concinnus | |
| 123 | Black-browed Tit | Aegithalos iouschistos | |
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| 124 | Golden-breasted Fulvetta | Lioparus chrysotis | |
| 125 | White-browed Fulvetta | Fulvetta vinipectus | |
| 126 | Brown Parrotbill | Cholornis unicolor | |
| 127 | White-breasted Parrotbill | Psittiparus ruficeps | |
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| 128 | Striated Yuhina | Staphida castaniceps | |
| 129 | Whiskered Yuhina | Yuhina flavicollis | |
| 130 | Stripe-throated Yuhina | Yuhina gularis | |
| 131 | Rufous-vented Yuhina | Yuhina occipitalis | |
| 132 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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| 133 | Rufous-capped Babbler | Cyanoderma ruficeps | |
| 134 | Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler | Spelaeornis caudatus | |
| 135 | Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus ruficollis | |
| 136 | White-browed Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus schisticeps | |
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| 137 | Striated Laughingthrush | Grammatoptila striata | |
| 138 | Bhutan Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron imbricatum | |
| 139 | Black-faced Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron affine | |
| 140 | Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron erythrocephalum | |
| 141 | Long-tailed Sibia | Heterophasia picaoides | |
| 142 | Rufous Sibia | Heterophasia capistrata | |
| 143 | Hoary-throated Barwing | Actinodura nipalensis | |
| 144 | Blue-winged Minla | Actinodura cyanouroptera | |
| 145 | Chestnut-tailed Minla | Actinodura strigula | |
| 146 | Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush | Ianthocincla rufogularis | |
| 147 | Spotted Laughingthrush | Ianthocincla ocellata | |
| 148 | White-throated Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus albogularis | |
| 149 | Gray-sided Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus caerulata | |
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| 150 | Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| 151 | /Wallcreeper/ | Tichodroma muraria | |
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| 152 | White-tailed Nuthatch | Sitta himalayensis | |
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| 153 | Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
| 154 | Hodgson's Treecreeper | Certhia hodgsoni | |
| 155 | Rusty-flanked Treecreeper | Certhia nipalensis | |
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| 156 | Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| 157 | Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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| 158 | Great Myna | Acridotheres grandis | |
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| 159 | Long-tailed Thrush | Zoothera dixoni | |
| 160 | Alpine Thrush | Zoothera mollissima | |
| 161 | Himalayan Thrush | Zoothera salimalii | |
| 162 | Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
| 163 | /Black-throated Thrush/ | Turdus atrogularis | |
| 164 | Gray-winged Blackbird | Turdus boulboul | |
| 165 | /Eyebrowed Thrush/ | Turdus obscurus | |
| 166 | /Tibetan Blackbird/ | Turdus maximus | |
| 167 | White-collared Blackbird | Turdus albocinctus | |
| 168 | /Red-throated Thrush/ | Turdus ruficollis | |
| 169 | Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | |
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| 170 | (Dark-sided Flycatcher) | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| 171 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 172 | Small Niltava | Niltava macgrigoriae | |
| 173 | Rufous-bellied Niltava | Niltava sundara | |
| 174 | (Verditer Flycatcher) | Eumyias thalassinus | |
| 175 | Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophris | |
| 176 | Himalayan Shortwing | Brachypteryx cruralis | |
| 177 | (Indian Blue Robin) | Larvivora brunnea | |
| 178 | White-bellied Redstart | Luscinia phaenicuroides | |
| 179 | Blue Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
| 180 | Little Forktail | Enicurus scouleri | |
| 181 | Spotted Forktail | Enicurus maculatus | |
| 182 | Blue-fronted Robin | Cinclidium frontale | |
| 183 | Himalayan Bluetail | Tarsiger rufilatus | |
| 184 | Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin | Tarsiger hyperythrus | |
| 185 | White-browed Bush-Robin | Tarsiger indicus | |
| 186 | Golden Bush-Robin | Tarsiger chrysaeus | |
| 187 | Slaty-blue Flycatcher | Ficedula tricolor | |
| 188 | Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher | Ficedula strophiata | |
| 189 | (Ultramarine Flycatcher) | Ficedula superciliaris | |
| 190 | Blue-fronted Redstart | Phoenicurus frontalis | |
| 191 | Plumbeous Redstart | Phoenicurus fuliginosus | |
| 192 | White-capped Redstart | Phoenicurus leucocephalus | |
| 193 | /Hodgson's Redstart/ | Phoenicurus hodgsoni | |
| 194 | White-throated Redstart | Phoenicurus schisticeps | |
| 195 | White-winged Redstart | Phoenicurus erythrogastrus | |
| 196 | |Black Redstart| | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 197 | Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufiventris | |
| 198 | (Blue-capped Rock-Thrush) | Monticola cinclorhyncha | |
| 199 | /Siberian Stonechat/ | Saxicola maurus | |
| 200 | Gray Bushchat | Saxicola ferreus | |
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| 201 | Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | |
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| 202 | Fire-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga ignicauda | |
| 203 | Black-throated Sunbird | Aethopyga saturata | |
| 204 | Mrs. Gould's Sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae | |
| 205 | Green-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga nipalensis | |
| 206 | Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
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| 207 | Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| 208 | /Altai Accentor/ | Prunella himalayana | |
| 209 | /Robin Accentor/ | Prunella rubeculoides | |
| 210 | Rufous-breasted Accentor | Prunella strophiata | |
| 211 | Maroon-backed Accentor | Prunella immaculata | |
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| 212 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 213 | Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
| 214 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| 215 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 216 | White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | |
| 217 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| 218 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 219 | Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | |
| 220 | Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
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| 221 | Collared Grosbeak | Mycerobas affinis | |
| 222 | Spot-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas melanozanthos | |
| 223 | White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | |
| 224 | Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| 225 | Scarlet Finch | Carpodacus sipahi | |
| 226 | Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch | Carpodacus pulcherrimus | |
| 227 | Dark-rumped Rosefinch | Carpodacus edwardsii | |
| 228 | Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch | Carpodacus thura | |
| 229 | Brown Bullfinch | Pyrrhula nipalensis | |
| 230 | Red-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythrocephala | |
| 231 | Blanford's Rosefinch | Agraphospiza rubescens | |
| 232 | Gold-naped Finch | Pyrrhoplectes epauletta | |
| 233 | Dark-breasted Rosefinch | Procarduelis nipalensis | |
| 234 | Plain Mountain Finch | Leucosticte nemoricola | |
| 235 | Yellow-breasted Greenfinch | Chloris spinoides | |
| 236 | Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
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| 237 | /Little Bunting/ | Emberiza pusilla | |
| 238 | Crested Bunting | Emberiza lathami | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 24 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 11 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 19 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 7 |
| V | Vulnerable | 0 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.