LESSER ADJUTANT

Photographed at Koshi Tappu, Nepal March 2017

(*  835)            LESSER ADJUTANT                      Leptoptilos javanicus

NEPAL               72

Frequents flooded fields, mainly paddy fields, marshes and pools. 110-120 cm. Local resident in low lands, now mainly in the east.

NOTE: globally threatened.

PURPLE HERON

Photographed at Koshi Tappu, Nepal March 2017

(* 261)                    PURPLE HERON                Area purpurea

NEPAL                  71          

Found in dense reed beds in lakes and marshes. 78-90 cm. Widespread, locally fairly common, mainly resident and monsoon visitor.

COMMON HOOPOE

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1009                      COMMON HOOPOE                 Upupa epops

NEPAL                    70            

Also known as European Hoopoe. 31 cm. Found in open country, cultivation, around villages and grassy alpine slopes. Fairly common, widespread resident, tend to be summer migrant in north

STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(*  916)               STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER              Pelargopsis capensis

NEPAL               69

Found over shaded pools, slow-moving rivers and streams in well-wooded country. 35 cm. Locally fairly common and quiet well spread resident, particularly in south.

SHIKRA

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1008                      SHIKRA               Accipiter badius   

NEPAL                 68

Found in open wooded country and groves around villages and cultivation. 30-36 cm. Fairly common resident mainly southern half of country.

SWAMP FRANCOLIN

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1007                  SWAMP  FRANCOLIN                Francolinus gularis                  

NEPAL                67

Found in tall wet grasslands and swamps. 37 cm. Very local resident. Two, maybe three small areas in south. 

NOTE:   Globally threatened.

COMMON IORA

Photographed in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(*  819)                      COMMON IORA                Aegithina tiphia

NEPAL                66

Found in open forests and well wooded areas. 14 cm. Widespread, locally common resident; mainly across south summer migrant to middle of country.

GREAT CORMORANT

1006                        GREAT CORMORANT                  Phalacrocorax carbo      

NEPAL           65

Found in lakes and large rivers, often communal roosting in winter. 80-100 cm. Fairly common and widespread winter visitor.

LONG-TAILED SHRIKE

LONG-TAILED SHRIKE                Lanius schach

NEPAL             64

Found in cultivation, open forest and grasslands, often sitting on top of bush, tree, pole watching for prey. 25 cm. Common widespread resident.

GREEN SANDPIPER

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve March 2017

1005                    GREEN SANDPIPER                Tringa ochropus

NEPAL          63

Favours small waters: ditches, small pools and streams; also marshes, wet fields and banks of rivers and lakes. 21-24 cm. Common winter visitor to southern edge of country and passage migrant to areas north, central and west.

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OSPREY

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1004                       OSPREY  (Western)                   Pandion haliaetus

NEPAL                   62

Found in lakes and large rivers. 55-58 cm. Generally frequent and locally fairly common winter visitor, passage migrant and non-breeding resident.

STREAKY-THROATED WOODPECKER

Photographed at Koshi tape Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1003                     STREAKY-THROATED WOODPECKER                   Picus xanthopygaeus

NEPAL                     61

Found in open broad-leaf forest and secondary growth. 30 cm. Locally common resident, areas in south of country.

BRONZE-WINGED JACANA

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1002                          BRONZE-WINGED JACANA                     Metopidius indicus

NEPAL                    60

Found in lakes and pools with floating aquatic plants. 28-31 cm. Resident, fairly common in lowlands, uncommon up to 915m; across south of Nepal.

Male

Female

LITTLE EGRET

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

(*   558)                   LITTLE EGRET                     Egret garzetta

NEPAL                  59

Inhabits lakes, rivers, pools, marshes and flooded paddy fields. 55-65 cm. Common and widespread resident.

COMMON KINGFISHER

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal march 2017

(*  885)                 COMMON KINGFISHER                   Albedo atthis 

NEPAL              58

Found in wetlands in open country. 16 cm. Locally common and widespread resident.

INDIAN ROLLER

1001                  INDIAN ROLLER                   Caracas benghalensis

NEPAL              57

Found in cultivation, open woodlands, groves and gardens. 33 cm. Common and widespread resident.

Photographed in Chitwen National Park, Nepal March 2017

SIBERIAN RUBY-THROAT

1000              SIBERIAN RUBY-THROAT                    Luscinia calliope 

NEPAL                  54

Shy and skulks in undergrowth. 14 cm. Frequent winter visitor and passage migrant.

BLACK-HEADED IBIS

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

999               BLACK-HEADED IBIS                   Threskiornis melanocephalus

NEPAL                     55

Inhabits flooded fields, rivers, marshes and pools. 75 cm. Resident; mainly recorded in south-east lowlands; may be nomadic depending on water and feeding conditions.