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| Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL
Found in deciduous biotope, especially with figs; open wooded country, groves and wooded gardens. 17 cm. Widespread resident, common.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
COPPERSMITH BARBET
NEPAL
Found in deciduous biotope, especially with figs; open wooded country, groves and wooded gardens. 17 cm. Widespread resident, common.
BLACK STORK
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| Photographed at Beeshazar Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 114
Found in marshes, rivers and cut-over paddy fields. 90-100 cm. Widespread winter visitor and passage migrant.
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| (juvenile) |
COMMON GREENSHANK
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| Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 113
Found in wide range of wetlands. 30-34 cm. Mainly a common winter visitor.
BLACK BULBUL
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| Photographed in Chitwen NP, Nepal, March 2017 |
1033 BLACK BULBUL Hypsipetes leucocphalus
NEPAL 112
Found mainly in broadleaf forests. 25 cm. Common and widespread resident.
NEPAL 112
Found mainly in broadleaf forests. 25 cm. Common and widespread resident.
ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET
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| Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 111
Found in riverine forests. 53 cm. Widespread resident, common in some protected areas and generally frequent or uncommon elsewhere.
WOOLLY-NECKED STORK
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| Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 110
Inhabits flooded grassland, marshes, irrigated fields and riverine areas: usually near open wooded country. 75-95 cm. Fairly common and widespread resident.
WHITE-BROWED WAGTAIL
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| Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 109
Riverbanks in broad valleys, pools and lakes. 21 cm. Fairly common widespread resident.
STEPPE EAGLE
1030 STEPPE EAGLE Aquila nipalensis
NEPAL 108
Found on wooded hills, open country, lakes and large rivers. 76-80 cm. Fairly common and widespread winter visitor and passage migrant.
NOTE: Globally threatened.
COMMON TAILORBIRD
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| Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 107
Found in bushes in gardens, cultivation edges and forest edges. 13 cm. Widespread resident.
BARN SWALLOW
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| Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 106
Found in cultivation, towns, cities, and lakes and rivers in open country. 18 cm. Common resident and summer visitor.
RED-RUMPED SWALLOW
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| Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 105
Breeds in habitation and forages nearby over cultivation and grassy slopes; winters in open country. 16-17 cm. Common resident.
COMMON REDSHANK
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| Photographed near Chitin, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 104
Found in marshes, along muddy edges of rivers and lakes. 27-29 cm. Locally frequent winter visitor and passage, migrant.
GADWELL
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| Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 103
Found in freshwater marshes and lakes with extensive aquatic and emergent vegetation. 39-43 cm. Locally fairly common winter visitor and passage migrant.
EUROPEAN WIGEON
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| Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 102
Shallow waters, open lakes, reservoirs, rivers, pools and marshes. 45-51 cm. Winter visitor and passage migrant.
STRIATED BABBLER
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| Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL
Found in tall grasses and reed beds in damper habitats. 21 cm. Resident, locally common in protected areas, rare elsewhere.
GREAT MYNA
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| Photographed in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 100
Found in cultivation and grassland. 25 cm. Rare, very local resident, has bred in Koshi area in east; recently colonised Nepal and may spread.
NOTE: Formerly treated as conspecific with White-vented Myna A cinereus.
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