Kathmandu · 1,400 m
Kathmandu
Nepal's busy, beautiful capital sits in a bowl of green hills, and Krishna's favourite birding mountains are less than an hour from its streets.
Kathmandu · 1,400 m
Kathmandu Valley · NOV 2025
“clear morning from the valley rim”
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Pashupatinath, Kathmandu · 1,300 m · NOV 2025
“birds above the river, 16:30”
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Around here
A few of the things you might meet here. Krishna will tell you which ones to look for, and when.
Birds
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Himalayan Bulbul
Pycnonotus leucogenys
Eurasian Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Trips nearby
Kathmandu Birding Day: Phulchowki & Godawari
Kathmandu's best birding mountain in a single day: forested slopes at dawn, Godawari garden at midday.
1 day · 2,782 m · 83 birds
Gosaikunda Birdwatching Trek
Through pheasant forest to the sacred lakes at 4,380 m, and down a quiet trail back to Kathmandu.
10 days · 4,610 m · 75 birds
Want to see it for yourself?
Tell Krishna when you are coming and what you hope to see. He will plan the days around Kathmandu.