Six new birds have been recorded in Nepal in 2025. These birds have been found from Kakadbhitta in the east to Saptari in Madhesh, Lumbini Province, Kathmandu Valley, and Bulbule Lake in Surkhet.

Purple Rumped Sunbird (Baijani Bunge) 

On 19 February 2025, the 'Purple Rumped Sunbird' was recorded in Kakadbhitta, Mechinagar Municipality-6, Jhapa. The Nepali name for the bird is 'Baijani Bunge'.

Bird researcher Devendra Kumar Kharel saw the male/female birds on avocado and Sheetal sugarcane trees during his observation. After Kharel, ornithologists Anish Timsina, Chakra Timsina and Shankar Luintel have also seen the bird, according to the Nepal Ornithologists' Association. This bird is found resident in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Violet Cuckoo (Purple Cuckoo)

A team including ornithologist Rajendra Gurung discovered the 'Purple Cuckoo' in the Sukhani forest area of ​​Ilam, located at an altitude of 300 meters above sea level, on April 7.

Malaysian ornithologists Alexander John Eng Yang and Roger Robert Raja and Nepali ornithologist Anish Timilsina were also involved along with Gurung. The team initially identified the bird as the 'Violet Cuckoo'. This was confirmed after sending the photo and video of the bird to the Nepal Bird Record Committee.

The scientific name of the bird is Chrysoccus scythorhynchus. This bird is found resident in Bhutan, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, according to the Nepal Ornithologists' Association. It has been found to breed in Bhutan, the Philippines and Singapore.

Short-tailed shearwater

A new bird was seen swimming in the Koshi Dam reservoir in Hanumannagar Kankallini Municipality of Saptari on May 3. This 'Short-tailed Seabird', seen by ornithologist Anish Timsina, was confirmed to be a migratory bird.

A bird that does not stay in one place throughout the year, sometimes wandering here and sometimes there, is called a migratory bird. Ornithologists say that it remains a migratory bird in Nepal until it breeds or finds a habitat.

This bird, which is called Short-tailed Shearwater in English, is found resident in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Fiji, Japan, India, New Zealand, Russia, Sri Lanka and South Korea.

Malabar Whistling Thrush

The first recorded sighting of the ‘Malabar Whistling’ species in Nepal was on May 30. The bird was seen in the Lumbini Cable Car Station area near Golpark in Rupandehi, Lumbini Province.

Nepal Bird Conservation Association Project Officers Deubahadur Rana and Amrit Nepali saw this unique blue bird during bird watching. It has a clear ‘V’ shaped bright blue spot on its forehead, a bright blue part on its shoulder and a black beak. This bird is found only in the Western Ghats and Central India.

Siberian Sand Plover (Siberian Princess)

A new bird named ‘Siberian Sand Plover’ was found in Madhyapur Thimi Manohara field in Bhaktapur, on June 20. The bird was discovered by a team including Kumud Parajuli, Supradeepta Neupane and Shatruhan Pandey.

The Nepali name for this bird is Siberian Princess. This bird is found in Siberia, Mongolia, Finland, Taiwan, Tibet, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Bhutan and other areas. According to the IUCN Red List, this bird is listed as endangered.

Red-necked Grebe (Ratokanthe Dubulki)

Students of the Agriculture and Forestry University, Hetauda also discovered a new bird for Nepal. Graduate students Sugam Guragain and Sushmita Chaudhary found the 'Ratokanthe Dubulki bird' in Bulbule Lake in Birendranagar, Surkhet.

They took photos/videos after seeing the bird in the lake on October 15 during an educational visit. Guragain says that he was excited to take photos and videos after seeing a new bird that had never been seen before in the lake, which is located at an altitude of 656 meters above sea level.