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| Photographed in Chitwen National Park, Nepal March 2017 |
NEPAL 144
Found in dense broadleaf forest and thickets. 38 cm. Locally fairly common resident.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
GREEN-BILLED MALKOHA
NEPAL 144
Found in dense broadleaf forest and thickets. 38 cm. Locally fairly common resident.
RED COLLARED DOVE
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| Photographed in Chitwen National Park, Nepal March 2017 |
NEPAL 143
Also known as Red Turtle Dove.Frequents light woodland and trees in open country. 23 cm. Fairly common and quite widespread resident.
PEREGRINE FALCON
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| Photographed at Chitwen National Park, Nepal, March 2017 |
(* 42) PEREGRINE FALCON Falco peregrinus
NEPAL 142
Breeds in open rugged hills and mountains, also lakes and large rivers in winter. 38-51 cm. Locally frequent, generally uncommon resident, winter visitor and passage migrant.
PUFF-THROATED BABBLER
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| Photographed in Chitwen National Park, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 141
Frequents bushy undergrowth in broadleaf forest, dense scrub and secondary growth. 15 cm. Locally fairly common resident.
CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER
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| Photographed in Chitwen National Park, Nepal, March 2017 |
NEPAL 140
Open broadleaf forest, often near water. 18-20 cm. mainly a summer visitor, some resident at lower altitudes.
JUNGLE MYNA
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| Photographed in Chitwen National Park, Nepal March 2017 |
NEPAL 139
Found in cultivation near well wooded areas, edges of habitation. 23 cm. Common, widespread resident.
CHANGEABLE HAWK EAGLE
NEPAL 138
Found in open sal and mixed broadleaf forest. 63-77 cm. Local resident, mainly in lowland protected areas.
PIED BUSHCHAT
NEPAL 137
Found mainly in cultivation and open country with scattered bushes or tall grass. 12.5-13 cm. Widespread resident, common.
SPANGLED DRONGO
SPANGLED DRONGO Dicrurus hottentottus
Found in moist broadleaved forests. 32 cm. Quite widespread resident, fairly common.
NOTE: Spangled Drongo D bracteatus is considered conspecific with Hair-crested Drongo D hottenttottus known as Spangled Drongo.
PLUM-HEAD PARAKEET
1045 PLUM-HEAD PARAKEET Psittacula cyanocephala
NEPAL 135
Found in broadleaved forests and well-wooded areas, destructive to crops. 36 cm. Resident, common in some protected areas and locally common elsewhere.
ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER
(* 917) ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER Muscicapa dauurica
NEPAL 134
Found in open broadleaved forest, groves and wooded areas. 14 cm. Uncommon summer visitor and passage migrant; rare in winter.
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