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. \:h\-l~/·~ C \r\~ D\+ p.R '1/ It. t--\ NEPAL'S A - BIRDWATCHING TOUR (15 -23 February 2003). Led by Hathan Chaudhary. BIRD SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME TJip 1 2 3 4 5 6 Little Grebe Tachybaptlls nificollis ..J 3 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis ..J Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatlls ..J Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ..J 10 24 61 11 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger ..J 5 6 Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster ..J 2 2 Great White Pelican Pelecal1l1s onocrotallls Spot-billed Pelican Peiecanlls phillipensis Eurasian Bittem Botaunls stellaris Cinnamon Bittem b:Oblychlls cinnamomells ..J Yellow Bittem Ixobrychlls sinensis Black Bittem DlIpetorjlavicollis Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticora.'( ..J 1 Green-backed Heron Butorides stJiatus ..J 2 1 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii ..J 5 120 134 52 Cattle Egret Bublllcus ibis ..J 2 3 300 101 Little Egret Egretta garzetta ..J 3 6 19 117 22 Intermediate Egret Egretta intennedia ..J 1 1 150 6 Great White Egret Egretta alba ..J 2 13 3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea ..J 1 1 Purple Heron Ardea purplll'ea ..J 2 1 Asian Openbill Stork AnasfoJnlls oscitans ..J 2 32 35 Black Stork Ciconia nigra ..J 24 1 1 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus ..J 1 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchlls asiaticlls ..J 4 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala Greater Adjutant Stork Leptopfilos dubills Lesser Adjutant Stork Leptopfilos javaniclls ..J 1 1 17 2 Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papi/losa ..J 32 9 3 20 Oriental White Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus ..J 2 9 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea lellcorodia Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica ..J Greylag Goose Anseranser Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna Jerruginea 2 96 2 103 ~ Eurasian Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettaplls coromandelianus ~ Falcated Duck Anas Jalcata ~ Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 6 7 ~ Gadwall Anas strepera 6 ~ Common Teal Anas crecca 4 500 ~ Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 100 ~ Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha ~ Northern Pintail iAnas aCl/ta 7 50 ~ Garganey Anas qllerqlledllla ~ Northern Shoveler iAnas c/ypeata ~ Red-crested Po chard Netta rufina ~ Common Pochard Aythyaferina ~ Baer's Po chard Aythya baeri Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 2 ~ Tufted Duck Aythyafitligllla ~ Long-tailed Duck Clanga hyemalis Common Goldeneye Bucephala c/angula Goosander Mergus merganser 16 4 ~ Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus 1 3 ~ Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 3 1 ~ Black Kite Mi/vIIs migrans 6 5 1 1 1 ~ PaIlas's Fish Eagle Haieaeetlls leucoryphus Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 1 ~ Grey-headed Fishing Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus Egyptian Vulture Neophroll percnopterlls 3 1 ~ Oriental White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis 7 ~ Long-billed Vulture Gyps indiclIs 1 5 1 ~ Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fitlvIIs 13 1 6 ~ Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis 2 ~ Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvIIs 1 ~ Eurasian Black Vulture Aegypills monachus Short-toed Eagle Circaetlls gallicus ..J Crested Serpent Eagle Spilomis cheela ..J 6 1 Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginoslls ..J Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Montague's Harrier Circus pygargus Pallid Harrier Circus macrollrus Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucus ..J Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentillis Besra iAccipiter virgatus Northern Sparrowhawk Accipiter nislls Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatlls Shikra Accipiter badius ..J 1 2 White-eyed Buzzard Butastllr teesa ..J 3 6 Common Buzzard Buleo buteo ..J 1 Long-legged Buzzard Bufeo rujinus ..J 1 Black Eagle Ictinaetlls malayensis ..J Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina ..J 2 1 1 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga ..J 2 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis ..J 3 1 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Imperial Eagle Aqllila heliaca Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatlls ..J 1 Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetlls jasciatlls ..J Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipaZensis ..J Osprey Pandion haliaetlls ..J 3 Red-thighed Falconet Microhierax caeruTescens ..J 1 Common Kestrel Faleo tinnuncuTus ..J 2 1 Red-necked Falcon FaZco chicquera Merlin FaZco coTumbarius ..J 1 Laggar FaTco jllgger Peregrine FaZeD peregrinlls ..J 1 Black Francolin Francolinus jrancolinus Swamp Francolin Francolinus guTaris ..J 2 Common Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola " 2 Red Junglefowl Gal/us gal/us " 2 2 3 Kalij Pheasant Lophura lellcomelana " 5 Blue Peafowl Pavo cristatlls " 6 10 2 Yellow-legged Buttonquail Tumi. tanki Barred Buttonquail Tumix suscitator Ruddy-breasted Crake PorzanaJusca " 1 BrownCrake Amauromis akool " 2 Water Rail Rallus aquaticlls Baillon's Crake Porzana plIsilla White-breasted Waterhen iAmauromis phoenicll11ls " 1 4 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloroplls " 1 1 3 26 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio " 4 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra " Common Crane Gms grus Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chi11lrgus " Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidills indicus " 6 10 Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis " 5 lbisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii " 3 4 Northem Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Great Stone-Plover Esacus recllrvirostris Little Pratincole Glareola lac tea " 7 42 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubills " l3 2 6 Long-billed Plover Chardrius placidlls Kentish Plover Charadrills alexandrinus " 4 20 Pacific Golden Plover P/uvialis Julva " River Plover Hoploptems dllvallcelli " 2 3 4 Yellow-wattled Plover Hop/opterus malabaricus Grey-headed Plover Hop/opterus cinereus Red-wattled Plover Hoplopterus indiclls " 1 3 8 8 Northem Lapwing Vane//us vanelllls " Little Stint Calidris minltta " Temminck's Stint Ca/idris temminckii " 16 11 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Sanderling Ca/idris alba " 1 1 Dunlin Calidris alpina ..J 3 Ruff Philomachlls pugnax ..J 3 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenllra Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax msticola Eurasian Curlew Numenius arqllata Spotted Redshank Tringa elythropus Redshank Tringa totanus Greenshank Tringa nebl/laria ..J 25 3 53 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropl/s ..J 9 1 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola ..J Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinerellS Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos ..J 8 9 5 Great Black-headed Gull LanJs ichthyaetus ..J Common Black-headed Gull Lams ridibundus ..J Brown-headed Gull Lams bmnnicephalus Herring Gull Lams argentatus Yellow-legged Gull Lams cachinnans ..J Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Sterna casp ia River Tern Sterna aurantia ..J 1 Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda Little Tern Sterna albifrons Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus Rock Dove Columba livia ..J 10 36 Ashy Woodpigeon Columba pulchricollis Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto ..J 1 6 10 5 Red Turtle Dove Strepfopelia tranquebarica ..J Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis ..J 15 2 3 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis ..J 3 6 41 30 23 Barred Cuckoo-dove iMacropygia unchall Emerald Dove Chacophaps indica ..J 7 3 Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pOlllpadora Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera " 3 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria " 4 15 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacllla krameri " 3 60 36 7 10 Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala " 12 Moustached Parakeet Psittacula alexandri " 3 40 Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius " 1 Large Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx span'erioides Indian Cuckoo Cuclllus microptenls " 1 KoeI Cuckoo Eudynamys scolopacea Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii " 1 Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis " 2 3 7 Greater Coucal CentropIIs sinensis Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Dusky Eagle Owl Bubo coromandus Oriental Scops Owl GtllS sllnia lndian Scops Owl Gtlls bakkamoena Collared Scops Owl GtllS (bakkamoena) lempiji Jungle Owlet Glallcidill11l radiatllm " 2 1 Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidillm Cllcllloides " Brown Hawk Owl Ninox sCllfulata Spotted Little Owl Athene brama " 2 2 Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica Barn Owl Tytoalba " Short-eared Owl Asio jlammells Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimlllgus macrurus " 1 Franklin's Nigh~ar Caprimulgus affinis Jungle Nigh~ar Caprimlllgus indiclls Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris " 3 White-rumped Needletail Zoonavena ~ylvatica Pacific Swift Aplls pacijiclls " 3 Alpine Swift iAPlls melba " 90 1 Little Swift Aplls affinis " 6 18 13 Asian Palm Swift Cypsillrlls balasiensis " 3 Crested Tree Swift Hemiprocne coronafa " 20 Red-headed Trogon Hmpactes eryfhrocephallls White-breasted Kingfisher Halycon smymensis " 2 4 6 9 12 Black-capped Kingfisher Halycon pileata Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis " 1 2 1 1 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atfhis " 1 3 1 3 Pied Kingfisher Cefyle rudis " 1 11 1 15 Crested Kingfisher Celyle lugllbris Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyomis afherfoni " 1 1 Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinlls Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti Indian Roller COl'acias benghalensis " 6 2 13 Dollarbird Eurystoltlus orientalis Hoopoe Upupaepops " 1 1 2 4 Indian Grey Hornbill Toclcus birostris Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronaflls " 6 4 6 Great Pied Hornbill Bllceros bicomis Great Barbet Megalaima virens " Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata " 2 4 1 Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica " 2 Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala Wryneck Jynx torqui/la Speckled Piculet Picumnus innomiatlls Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus Lsr. Yellow-naped Woodpecker Picus chlorolophus " 2 Gtr. Yellow-naped Woodpecker Pic:us flavinucha Grey-headed Woodpecker Piclls canlls " 4 Streak-tlrroated Green Woodpecker Piclls mynnecophoneus " 1 Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker Picus squamatlls Bay Woodpecker Blythipiclls pyrrhotis Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii 3 3 ~ Black-rumped Flameback Dinopillm benghalense 1 2 1 ~ Greatar Flameback Chrysocolaptes lllcidlls Fulvous-breasted Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei 2 6 ~ Brown-fronted Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos allriceps Darjeeling Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos dmjellensis 1 ~ Crimson-breasted Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius 2 ~ Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus 1 3 ~ Yellow-crowned Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos moluccensis Rufous-bellied Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hypelythrus 2 ~ Rufous-winged Bush Lark lvlirafra assamical Ashy-crowned Sparrow lark Eremopterix grisea 2 ~ Sandlark Calandrella rayt al 3 13 ~ Crested Lark Galerida cristata Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula 2 ~ Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Plain Sand Martin Riparia pallldicola 16 100 15 ~ Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia BamSwallow Hirllndo rustica 2 14 2 4 4 ~ Red-rumped Swallow Hinmdo daurica 23 16 ~ Nepal House-martin Delichon nipalensis Asian House Martin Delichon dasyplls 6 ~ Richard's Pipit Anthlls richardi 1 ~ Paddyfield Pipit Anthlls rujullls 1 ~ BIyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 3 6 3 ~ Rosy Pipit 'Anthlls roseatus 7 10 6 ~ Red-throated Pipit 'fAnthus celvinllS Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 1 1 1 1 ~ YeHow Wagtail Motacilla flava Citrine Wagtail iMotacilla citreolla 6 1 4 ~ White Wagtail Motacilla alba 15 13 10 ~ White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis 6 10 6 2 ~ Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianlls Large Woodshrike Tephrodo111is gularis Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike Hemiplls picatlls " 30 6 Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike Coracina melanoptera Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike Coracina l1lelaschistos Large Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae " 2 2 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotlls jlal1ll1leus " 5 2 Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotlls brevirostris Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotlls ethologus Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnal1lol1leus " 10 Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus rose liS Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris Striated Bulbul PycnonotlJs striatlls Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicte11ls Red-whikered Bulbul " 12 35 6 Pycnonotus jOCOSlJS Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotlls jocosus " 15 6 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafeI' " 30 120 36 135 19 White-throated Bulbul CrinigerjIaveolus Black Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis " 20 AshyBulbul Hypsipetes jIavallls Mountain Bulbul Hypsipetes l1lcclellandii " 3 CommonIora Aegithina tiphia " 4 3 Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons " 1 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii Northern Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii " 6 Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella i11l11laclllata Rufous-breasted Accentor P11Inella strophiata " 1 Siberian Rubythroat LlIscinia calliope " 1 1 White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis Bluethroat Luscinia svecica " 3 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanUl1lS " 5 Rufous-breasted Bush-robin Tarsiger hyperyth11ls Golden Bush-robin Tarsiger chlysaeus " 2 Asian Magpie-Robin Copsychlls saularis " 4 6 5 4 1 Indian Robin Saxicoloides fillicata White-rumped Shama Copsychlls malabariclls 3 1 ~ Black Redstart Phoenicllrus ochruros 1 ~ Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicllrus hodgsoni 2 ~ Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicllrus frontalis ~ Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis foliginosus 1 16 3 ~ White-tailed Robin Cinclidilllll lellcurllln Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata 4 30 7 6 8 ~ White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucura 4 ~ Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata 4 2 1 ~ Grey Bushchat Saxicola fen'ea ~ White-capped River Chat Chaiman'ornis leucocephalus 6 1 ~ Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush Monticola n~fivenh1s ~ Blue Whistling Thrush Myiophonells caerulells 2 4 ~ White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctlls 6 ~ Black-throated Thrush TlIrdus nificollis 2 6 18 8 2 ~ Grey-winged Blackbird TlIrdus bOlllboll1 ~ Tickell's Thrush Turdus IInicolor 1 ~ Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola Scaly (White's) Thrush Zoothera dauma 1 ~ Plain Mountain Thrush Zoothera mollissima Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina Black-backed Forktail Enicllrus immaclllatus Slaty-backed Forktail Eniclll1lS schistacells Spotted Forktail Enicllrus maclllatus 2 1 ~ Little Forktail Enicurus scollleri 2 1 ~ Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata Pale-footed Bush Warbler Cettia palJidipes Aberrant Bush Warbler Cettia jlavolivacea Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia bnmntfrons ~ Spotted Bush Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus Chinese Bush Warbler Bradypterus lllteoventris Fan-tailed Cisticola Cisticola juncidis