GREEN BEE-EATER

Photographed at Koshi Tappu, Nepal March 2017

987      GREEN BEE-EATER                  Merops orientalis

NEPAL                36      

Found in open country with scattered trees. 16-18 cm. Common and widespread resident and summer visitor.

GREY-BACKED SHRIKE

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

986            GREY-BACKED SHRIKE             Lanius tephronotus

NEPAL               35

Found in bushes in cultivation and on hillsides, open scrub and secondary growth. 25 cm. Fairly common, widespread resident.

ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN

Photographed in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(* 893)                ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN                 Copsychus saularis

  

NEPAL               34

Found in gardens, groves and open broadleaf forests. 20 cm. Widespread resident, common.

JUNGLE BABBLER

985              JUNGLE BABBLER                    Turdoides striata

NEPAL              33

Found in secondary scrub, bushes in cultivation and gardens. 25 cm. Common and widespread resident.

LARGE-BILLED CROW

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

984              LARGE-BILLED CROW                   Corvus macrorhynchos

NEPAL             32

Wide habitat range, frequently scavenging. 46-49 cm. Common and widespread resident.

LITTLE CORMORANT

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

983                 LITTLE CORMORANT                 Phalacrocorax niger

NEPAL            31

Inhabits rivers, lakes, reservoirs and pools. 51 cm. Resident, winter visitor and passage migrant; locally common.

ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET

Photographed at Kathmandu, Nepal March 2017

(*  929)                ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET                  Psittacula krameri

NEPAL             30

Also known as Ring-necked Parakeet. 42 cm. Often associated with habitation and cultivation; also open woodland and secondary growth. Abundant and widespread resident in lowlands; only occasionally seen higher up except in Pokhara and Kathmandu.

FERAL PIGEON

(*  114)                      FERAL PIGEON                   Columba livia

NEPAL            29

Common and widespread in villages and towns. 33 cm. 

ORIENTAL TURTLE-DOVE

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal March 2017

982                ORIENTAL TURTLE-DOVE                 Streptopelia orientalis

NEPAL            28

Open forest, especially near cultivation. 33 cm. Common and widespread resident and winter visitor. 

CHESTNUT-BELLIED NUTHATCH

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal March 2017

981                CHESTNUT-BELLIED NUTHATCH                   Sitta cinnamoventris

NEPAL        27

Found in broadleaf forests and groves. 12.5 cm. Common, widespread resident.

FULVOUS-BREASTED WOODPECKER

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal March 2017

(* 843)          FULVOUS-BREASTED WOODPECKER                 Dendrocopos macei

NEPAL                26

Found on forest edges, open wooded country, and gardens with trees. 18-19 cm. Resident, common from west-central areas east, frequent further west.

RED-BILLED BLUE MAGPIE

980              RED-BILLED BLUE MAGPIE                 Urocissa erythrorhyncha

NEPAL                25

Found in broadleaf and mixed forests. 65-68 cm. Common and widespread resident.

BLUE-THROATED BARBET

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, March 2017

979             BLUE-THROATED BARBET                  Megalaima asiaticca                

NEPAL                 24

Found in evergreen and deciduous trees, especially figs; open forest, groves near habitation and gardens. 23 cm. Widespread and common resident.

YELLOW-BELLIED FANTAIL

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal March 2017\

978                  YELLOW BELLIED FANTAIL             Chelidorhynx hypoxantha

NEPAL             23

Locally common resident; found in the north during summer and the south during winter. 13 cm. Likes broadleaf and coniferous forests and shrubberies above treelike.