List of birds observed in Nepal, December 29 1991 - January 16 1992.

26 Pages·1992·0.78 MB·English

by  Wartmann, B.

List of birds observed in Nepal
December 29, 1991 - January 16, 1992
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by Beat A. Wartmann
and Joony Schonjahn
Dr. Beat A. Wartmann lonny Schonjahn
Sonnenbergstr. 33 Hammelstalstr. 38
CH-8I02 Oberengstringen D-W -6702 Bad Diirkheim
Switzerland Germany
Birding experience in Asia:
India (2 times) Sri Lanka
Singapore Thailand
Siberia Malaysia
Ussuri River valley Indonesia
Optical equipment:
Optolyth 12 x 50 Zeiss 10 x 40
Altitudes were with a «Thommen 5000» altimeter
m~asured

Itinerary
We were guided by:
Kalu Ram Tamang, bird specialist of Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge, 30.12.91-6.1.92
Hem Sagar Baral, bird guide of Victoria Travels, 16.1.92
All arrangements by Tiger Tops Mountain Travel, Kathmandu
29.12.91: Kathmandu (8.20 a.m.) - Mugling -Meghauli - Royal Chitwan National Park (2.45 p.m.),
elephant ride (3.30-5.30 p.m.)
30.12.91: Royal Chitwan National Park: walk in jungle (8-12 a.m.), drive with Landrover Reu River
-Kasara - Rapti River - Tamara Tal - Tiger Tops (2-6 p.m.)
31.12.91: Royal Chitwan National Park: walk in grassland near Tiger Tops Lodge (8-10 a.m.), walk
from Tiger Tops Lodge to Tiger Tops Tented Camp (10.20 a.m.-O.50 p.m.), walk near
Tented Camp (3-5.30 p.m.)
1.1.92: Royal Chitwan National Park: walk from Tiger Tops Tented Camp into deep jungle
(8 a.m.-O.30 p.m.), walk to hills overlooking Tented Camp (1.30-3 p.m.), elephant ride
(3.15-5.30 p.m.)
2.1.92: Royal Chitwan National Park: walk from Tiger Tops Tented Camp to Surung, drive via
Tiger Tops Lodge to Narayani River, boat ride down the Narayani River (10.30-
11.45 a.m.), walk around Tharu Village (2-5.30 p.m.)
3.1.92: Tharu -Butwal - Sindagarh - Dundwab Moun;ains - Nepalganj -Kamali Tented Camp
(7.30 a.m.-4.30 p.m.)
4.1.92: Kamali National Park: walk around Karnali Tented Camp (8-11. IS a.m.), boat ride with
Zodiac down Karnali River (11.30 a.m.-2.30 p.m.), elephant ride to Karnali Lodge (2.30-
5p.m.)
5.1.92: Kamali National Park: elephant ride (7-9.15 a.m.), walk near Kamali Lodge (10. IS a.m.-
1 p.m., 2.30-5 p.m.)
6.1.92: Karnali - Nepalganj -Butwal - Tansen - Syangja - Pokhara (7.30 a.m.-S.30 p.m.)
7.1.92: Seti Kola Trek: start at 9.30 a.m. ca. 10 km N of Pokhara - Ghachok (2.4S p.m.), walk
into oak forest above Ghachok (3.30-6 p.m.)
8.1.92: Ghachok 1340 m (8 a.m.) - Dhiprang 1320 m - Siano Kobang 1760 m (2.30 p.m.)
9.1.92: Siano Kobang 1760 m (7.30 a.m.) - Tulo Kobang 2200 m (10.30 a.m.) -Pipar Lake
3320 m (4 p.m.)
10.1.92: On ridge of Pipar Lake up to 3600 m
11.1.92: In the morning heavy snowfall down to 2500 m, Pipar - Siano Kobang
12.1.92: Siano Kobang 1760 m (7.30 a.m.) - Siano Kabre at the Seti River 1490 m
13.1.92: Seti Kola: walk from Siano Kabre upriver to a place called Sandar or Sendr 1520 m
14.1.92: Siano Kabre (7.30 a.m.) - Garuwab - Karpani -Bhurjung River 1230 m - Purancbaur
(4.30 p.rn.)
15.1.92: Puranchaur - Pokhara, flight to Kathmandu, Gokarna Park (3-5 p.m.)
16.1.92: Kathmandu - Phulchowki up to 2S50 rn, walk down on small trail (9 a.rn.-4 p.m.),
Manora Fields (S-6 p.m.)

Wartmann. B. & Schonjahn. J.: List of birds observed in Nepal. 28.12.91-16.1.92
1. Great Cormor.mt - Kormoran - Phalacrocorax carbo
29.12.91 Adams Ghat 1 at 450 m. 2.1.92 Narayani River ca. 600, 4.1. Kamali River 4
2. Little Cormorant - Mohrenscharbe - Phalacrocorax niger
4.1. Kamali River 7
3. Darter - Indischer Schlangenhalsvogel - Anhinga melanogaster
29.12. Chitwan I, 30.12. Chitwan-Kasara ca. 5, 4.1. Kamali River 4
4. B1ack-<:rowned Night Heron - Nachtreiher - Nycticorax nycticorax
30.12. Chitwan-Kasera ca. 30
5. Green-backed Heron - Mangrovereiher -Butorides striatus
2.1. Narayani River 1
6. Indian Pond Heron - Paddyreiher - Ardeola grayii
29.12. Meghauli 1, Chitwan 1, 31.12. Chitwan 1, 2.1. Tharu Village 1,4.1. Kamali River 2,7.1.
Ghachok 1 at 1200 m, 14.1. Bhurjung River 1 at 1230 m
7. Cattle Egret -Kuhreiher - Bubulcus ibis
29.12. TrisuIi some, 2.1. Tharu Village ca. 10, 7.1. N Pokhara ca. 10 at 1050 m, 1 at 1080 m,
8.1. Ghachok ca. 10 at 1400 m
8. Little Egret - Seidenreiher -Egrella gan,ella
31.12. Chitwan 2, 2.1. Reu River 1, 4.1. Kamali River 10, 7.1. Seti Kola 1 at 1080 m
9. Intermediate Egret -Mittelreiher - Egrella intennedia
2.1. Narayani River 1
10. Great Egret - Silberreiher - Casmerodius albus
30.12. Rapti River ca. 5, 2.1. Tharu Village 1, 3.1. Babai River 1
11. Grey Heron - Graureiher - Ardea cinerea
2.1. Tharu Village 1, 3.1. Babai River 1, 4.1. Kamali River 3
12. Painted Stork -Buntstorch - Mycteria leucocephala
3.1. Babai River 1
13. Asian Openbill Stork - Silberklaffschnabel - Anastomus oscitam
2.1. Tharu Village ca. 10
14. Black Stork - Schwarzstorch - Ciconia nigra
30.12. Chitwan-Kasara 1, 4.1. Kamali River 4
15. Woolly-necked Stork - Wollhalsstorch - Ciconia episcopus
2.1. Tharu Village 2, 4.1. Karnali River 4
16. Lesser Adjutant Stork -Malaienstorch - Leptotilus javanicus
30.12. Chitwan-Kasara 6-7,2.1. Tahru Village ca. 25 (some with nests)
17. Red-naped Ibis -Warzenibis - Pseudibis papil/osa
30.12. Chitwan-Kasara 1, 31.12. Rapti River 8, 2.1. Tharu Village ca. 22, 4.1. Kamali River 32
18. Lesser Whistling Duck - Javapfeifgans -Dendrocygna javanica
30.12. Chitwan-Tamara Tal ca. 25
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19. Ruddy Shelduck - Rostgans - Tadomaferruginea
29.12. Rapti River 4,30.12. Chitwan 12, 31Jp. Reu River 2,2.1. Narayani River ca. 50, 3.1. Babai
River 2, 4.1. Kamali River ca. 25 .
20. Common Teal - Krickente - AlIas crecca
31.12. Chitwan ca. 25
21. Goosander - Giinsesager - Mergus merganser
2.1. Narayani River Id', 4~, 3.1. Kamali River ca. 8 ~, 4.1. Kamali River 22
22. Crested Honey Buzzard - Ostlicher Wespenbussard - Pemis ptilorhyncus
30.12. Chitwan 1
23. Black-shouldered Kite - Gleitaar - Elanus caeruleus
2.1. Tharu Village 1, 3. 1. Butawal-Sindagarh 2
24. Black Kite - Schwarzmilan - Milvus migrans
Kathmandu Valley, Trisuli, lowlands common, 8.1. Seti Kola 2 at 1450 rn, 1 at 1530 rn, 14.1. Seti Kola 2
at 1250 rn, 15.1. Gokama 200-300
25. Pallas's Fish Eagle - Bindenseeadler - Haliaeelus leucoryphus
29.12. Rapti River 1
26. Grey-headed Fishing Eagle - Graukopf-Seeadler - /Chthyophaga ichlhyaetus
31.12. Chitwan 1
27. Egyptian Vulture - Schmutzgeier - Neophron percnopterus
3.1. Butawal-Nepalganj ca. 5,7.1. N Pokhara 1 immat. at 1100 rn, Seti Kola 1 at 1050 rn, 14.1. Seti Kola
2 at 1300 m, 15.1. Pokhara Airport ca. 8
28. Lammergeier - Bartgeier - Gypaetus barbatus
11.1. Tulo Kobang 1 immat. 3rd/4th year at 2800 m, 12.1. Siano Kabre 1 ad. at 1700 m, 1 ad. at 1500 rn, 1
ad. at 1900 m, 13.1. Seti Kola near Sandar 1 pair at eyrie (ca. 250 rn from nest of Bonelli's Eagle) at
1700 m
29. Oriental White-backed Vulture - Bengalengeier - Gyps bengalensis
29.12. Meghauli 1 immat. • 3.1. Butawal-Sindagarh ca. 100, Nepalganj ca. 50, 15.1. Pokhara Airport ca. 5
30. Long-billed Vulture - Diinnschnabelgeier - Gyps indicus
2.1. Tharu Village ca. 5, 4.1. Kamali 1
31. Hirnalayan Griffon Vulture - Himalajageier Gyps himalayensis
8.1. Dhiprang 3-4 at 1600 m, 11.1. Tulo Kobang 1 at 2750 m, 12.1. Seti Kola 1 at 2500 rn, 13.1. Seti
Kola 3 at 2500 rn, 14.1. Seti Kola 2 at 1270 rn on trees
32. Eurasian Griffon Vulture - Giinsegeier - Gyps fulvus
29.12. Adams Ghat 1 at 500 rn, 15.1. Pokhara Airport ca. 2
33. Red-headed Vulture - Kahlkopfgeier - Sarcogyps calvus
29.12. Adams Ghat 1 at 500 rn, 15.1. Pokhara Airport 1
34. Eurasian Black Vulture - Monchsgeier - Aegypius monachus
29.12. Adams Ghat 2 at 500 rn, 3.1. ca. 80 km E Nepalganj 2-3,7.1. Ghachok 1 at 1250 rn, 15.1. Pokhara
Ai rport ca. 4
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35. Crested Serpent Eagle - Schlangenweihe -Spilomis cheela
29.12. Meghauli 1, Chitwan 1, 30.12. Chitwan 1, 1.1. Chitwan 1, 4.1. Kamali I, 14.1. Seti Kola 1 at
1350 m
36. Eurasian Marsh Harrier - Rohrweihe - Circus aeruginosus
4.1. Kamali 1 !i!
37. Hen Harrier - Komweihe - Circus cyaneus
30.12. Chitwan l!i!, 2.1. Tharu Village l!i!, 3.1. Nepalganj 10",14.1. Puranchaur lo"at 1170 m
38. Northern Goshawk - Habicht - Accipiter gentilis
29.12. Chitwan 1, 10.1. Pipar 1 at 3320 m, 11.1. Tulo Kobang H at 2670 rn
39. Besra - Besra-Sperber - Accipiter virgatus
2.1. Tharu Village 1
40. Northern Sparrowhawk - Sperber - Accipiter nisus
8.1. Seti Kola l!i! at 1320 m, 10.1. Pipar 1 at 3320 m
41. Shikra - Schikra - Accipiter badius
4.1. Kamali H, 12.1. Siano Kabre 1 at 1490 m
42. Common Buzzard - Miiusebussard -BUleo bUleo
3.1. Kamali 2,7.1. Ghachok 1 at 1300 rn
43. Long-legged Buzzard -Adlerbussard -Buteo ruftnus
6.1. ca. 100 km W Butawall
44. Upland Buzzard - Mongolenbussard -BUleo hemilasius
9.1. Pipar 1 dark morph at 3330 rn, 10.1. 1 probably same bird at 3500 rn
45. Black Eagle - Malaienadler -lctinaetus malayensis
12.1. Siano Kabre 1 at 1700 rn, 16.1. Phulchowki 1 at 2000 rn
46. Steppe Eagle - Steppenadler - Aquila nipalensis
29.12. Meghauli 1 immat., 30.12. Chitwan 1 immat., 7.1. Ghachok 1 immat., 14.1. Seti Kola near
Bhurjung 1 at 1500 rn, 1 immat. at 1250 rn, 15.1. Pokhara 1 immat., Gokama 1 ad., ca. 10 immat.
47. Golden Eagle - Steinadler - AquiZa chrysaetos
10.1. Pipar 1 at 3300 m
48. Bonelli's Eagle - Habichtsadler - Hieraaetusfasciatus
8.1. Seti Kola 1 at 1350 rn sitting, 13.1. Seti Kola near Sandar 1 pair at nest in big tree at 1650 rn
49. Mountain Hawk-Eagle -Bergadler - Spizaetus nipalensis
1.1. Chitwan 1, 12.1. Siano Kabre 1 at 1800 m, 1 at 1600 m
50. Osprey - Fischadler - Pandion haliaetus
2.1. Narayani River 1, 4.1. Karnali River 3
51. Common Kestrel -Turmfalke - Fa/co tinnunculus
7.1. Seti Kola 1 at 1100 m, 8.1. Ghachok 1 at 1380 rn, 2 at 1400 rn, 12.1. Siano Kabre l!i! at 1490 m
52. Eurasian Hobby - Baumfalke - Falco subbuleo
13.1. Seti Kola 1 at 1800 rn
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53. Laggar - Laggarfalke -Falco jugger
31.12. Chitwan 1,2.1. Tharu Village 1,3.1. ca. 100 km E Nepalganj 1
54. Peregrine - Wanderfalke - Falco peregrinus
8.1. Ghachok 1 with prey at 1350 rn
55. Grey Francolin -Wachtelfrankolin -Francolinus pondicerianus
3.1. Babai River ca. 5, 6.1. ca. 100 km W Butawal5
56. Common Hill Partridge - Hiigelhuhn - Arborophila torqueola
9.1. Tulo Kobang 10" at 2400 rn, 11.1. Tulo Kobang 10",1~ at 2430 m
57. Himalayan Monal - Gelbschwanz-Glanzfasan - Lophophorus impejanus
9.1. Tulo Kobang 1~ at 2530 rn, Pipar 1~ at 3330 rn, 10.1. Pipar 3~ at 3250 rn, 3~ at 3270 rn, 1~ at
3580 rn, 10",3!i! at 3100 m
58. Red lunglefowl -Bankivahuhhn - Gallus gal/us
29.12. Chitwan 5, 30.12. Chitwan 3
59. Kalij Pheasant - Silberfasan - Lophura leucomelanos
1.1. Chitwan-Siwaliks 1 at 300 rn, 12.1. Siano Kabre 10" at 1700 rn, 1 calling at 1650 rn, 13.1. Seti Kola 1
calling at 1580 rn, 10" at 1590 m, 16.1. P!m1chowki 20",1 ~ at 1860 rn, 1 calling at 2050 rn
60. Blue Peafowl - Pfau - Pavo cristatus
30.12. Chitwan 20",2.1. Chitwan 10", 4.1. Karnali 20", ca. 3~
61. Brown Crake - Braunbauch-Kielralle Amauromis akool
30.12. Chitwan-Kasara 1
62. White-breasted Waterhen - Weissbrust-Kielralle Amauromis phoenicurus
30.12. Chitwan-Kasara 1, 3.1. Sindagarh 1
63. Common Moorhen - Teichhuhn - Gallinula chloropus
30.12. Chitwan-Kasara ca. 20
64. Common Coot -Blesshuhn - Fulica atra
30.12. Chitwan-Kasara 1
65. Ibisbill -Ibisschnabel -lbidorhyncha struthersii
29.12. Trisuli River near Adams Ghat 5
66. Great Stone-Plover -Krabbentriel -&acus recurvirostris
4.1. Karnali River 8
67. Little Pratincole - Sandbrachschwalbe - Glareola lactea
2.1. Narayani River 5-6, 4.1. Kamali River ca. 50
68. Little Ringed Plover - Flussregenpfeifer - Charadrius dubius
1.1. Reu River 2, 2.1. Tharu Village 2
69. Kentish Plover - Seeregenpfeifer - Charadrius alexandrinus
2.1. Narayani River I, Tharu Village I, 4.1. KarnaIi River 1
70. Pacific Golden Plover - Asien-Wanderregenpfeifer - Pluvialisjulva
2.1. Tharu Village ca. 5
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71. River Plover - Bachkiebitz - Hoplopterus duvaucelii
30.12. Chitwan 1, 1.1. Reu River 2, 2.1. Reu River 2, 3.1. Babai River 1, 4.1. Kamali River 2
72. Red-wattled Plover - Rotiappenkiebitz - Hoplopterus indicus
29.12. Chitwan 3, 30.12. Chitwan-Kasam 4, 31.12. Chitwan 1. 2.1. Tharu Village 1
73. Temminck's Stint - Temminckstmndlliufer - Calidris temminckii
29.12. Rapti River 1, 2.1. Chitwan-Surung 1, 4.1. Karnali River 5-6
74. Dunlin - AlpenstrandHiufer - Calidris alpina
2.1. Chitwan-Surung 4
75. Common Greenshank: - Griinschenkel - Tringa nebularia
29.12. Rapti River 1,30.12. Chitwan 2,31.12. Reu River 4,2.1. Namyani River 3,4.1. Kamali River 1
76. Green Sandpiper - WaldwasserHiufer - Tringa ochropus
29.12. Rapti River 1, 4.1. Karnali River 5-6
77. Common Sandpiper - Flussuferlaufer - Actilis hypoleucos
29.12. Trisuli River 2-3, 2.1. Namyani River 2, Tharu Village 1
78. Great Black-headed Gull - Fischmowe - Larus ichthyaetus.
2.1. Namyani River 1 immat., 3 ad., 4.1. Kamali River 2
79. River Tern - Hinduseeschwalbe - Sterna aurantia
3.1. Babai River 1, 4.1. Karnali River ca.12
80. Black-bellied Tern - Schwarzbauch-Seeschwalbe - Sterna acuticauda
3.1. Babai River 1, 4.1. Kamali River 4
81. Rock Pigeon - Felsentaube - Columbo livia
Trisuli Valley, Seti Kola locally common
82. Speckled Woodpigeon - Schwarzschnabel-Oliventaube - Columba hodgsonii
9.1. Tulo Kobang 2 at 2400 m
83. Eurasian Collared Dove - Tiirkentaube - Streptopelia decaocto
2.1. Chitwan 1
84. Oriental Turtle Dove - Meenataube - Streptopelia orientalis
3.1. Butawal-Sindagarh ca. 20, 5.1. Kamali 5, 6.1. Nepalganj-Butawal common
85. Spotted Dove - Perlhalstaube - Streptopelia chinensis
29.12. Chitwan 2, 5.1. Karnali ca. 10
86. Emerald Dove - Glanzkiifertaube - Chalcophaps indica
30.12. Chitwan 2,31.12. Chitwan 3, 1.1. Chitwan 1, 4.1. Karnali Tented Camp 1, 5.1. Nepalganj
Butawal 1
87. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon - Gelbfusstaube - Treron phoenicoptera
30.12. Chitwan 12, 1.1. Chitwan ca. 20
88. Alexandrine Parakeet - Grosser Alexandersittich - Psittacula eupalria
4.1. Karnali Tented Camp ca. 5
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89. Ring-necked Parakeet - Halsbandsittich - Psittacula krameri
Common in the lowlands
90. Slaty-headed Parakeet - Himalajasittich - PsittacuJa himalayana
8.1. Seti Kola 1 at 1310 m, Dhiprang ca. 20 at 1480 rn, 9.1. Siano Kobang ca. 6 at 1850 rn, 12.1. Siano
Kabre ca. 4 at 1600 rn, 13.1. Seti Kola ca. 5 at 1550 m
91. Blossom-headed Parakeet - PfIaurnenkopfsittich - Psittacula cyanocephala
30.12. Chitwan-Kasara ca. 15, 2.1. Tharu Village ca. 20, 5.1. Karnali ca. 10
92. Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Wechselkuckuck - Cuculus varius
2.1. Tharu Village 1
93. Green-billed Malkoha - Kokil - Phaenicophaeus tristis
31.12. Chitwan-Tiger Tops Tented Camp 1, 8.1. Seti Kola 1 at 1320 m
94. Greater Coucal - Heckenkuckuck - Centropus sinensis
30.12. Chitwan 1
95. Jungle Owlet - Dschungelkauz - Glaucidium radialum
30.12. Chitwan 1,31.12. Chitwan 1, 2.1. Tharu Village 1,5.1. Karnali 2
96. Asian Barred Owlet - Trillerkauz - Glaucidium cuculoides
2.1. Tharu Village 1, 4.1. Karnali 1
97. Large-tailed Nightjar - Horsfield-Nachtschwalbe - Caprimulgus macrurus
3.1. Kamali Tented Camp 1
98. Himalayan Swiftlet - Himalajasalangane - Aerodramus brevirostris
30.12. Chitwan ca. 20, 2.1. Tharu Village ca. 10, 3.1. Karnali River ca. 100, 7.1. N Pokhara ca. 10,
14.1. Puranchaur ca. 5 at 1200 m
99. Little Swift - Haussegler - Apus qfftnis
29.12. Trisuli River Valley ca. 20, 14.1. Seti Kola ca. 10 at 1350 m
100. Crested Tree Swift - Haubensegler - Hemiprocne longipennis
29.12. Chitwan ca. 8
101. White-breasted Kingfisher - Braunliest - Halcyon smymensis
29.12. Meghauli 1, 30.12. Chitwan 1
102. Slork-billed Kingfisher - Gurial - Pelargopsis capensis
30.12. Rapti River 1, 1.1. Chitwan 1, 3.1. Babai River 1, 4.1. Kamali 1, 6.1. Babai River 1
103. Common Kingfisher -Eisvogel - Alcedo auhis
29.12. Trisuli River 1, 30.12. Chitwan 1. 31.12. Chitwan 1
104. Deep-blue Kingfisher - Meninting-Eisvogel - Alcedo meninting
31.12. Chitwan 1
105. Pied Kingfisher - Graufischer - Cery/e rudis
30.12. Rapti River I, 31.12. Reu River 1
106. Crested Kingfisher - Trauerfischer - Megaceryle lugubris
4.1. Kamali River 1, 7.1. Seti River 1 at 1080 rn, 8.1. Seti River 1 at 1300 m