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.

INDIAN POND HERON

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

998                  INDIAN POND HERON                Ardeola grayii

NEPAL                  56

Found in marshes, flooded paddy fields, lakes, village tanks, streams and ditches. 42-45 cm. Common and widespread resident.

VERDITER FLYCATCHER

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(997)                          VERDITER FLYCATCHER                Eumyias thalassinus

NEPAL                  53

Found in open forests, clearings, edges and wooded areas. 16 cm. Partial migrant, common in summer in central Nepal, and in wintering southern part. 

GREAT TIT

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(* 309)                GREAT TIT                       Parus major

NEPAL                52

Forages in middle and especially lower level of forests and well-wooded country. 14 cm. Common, widespread resident.

NOTE: Nepal taxon, Cinereous Tit P. cinereus, often treated as seperate species but not enough information known yet.

Photographed at Chitwen, Nepal March 2017

RED-NECKED FALCON

996                  RED-NECKED FALCON                  Falco chicquera

NEPAL                51

Found in open country with trees. 31-36 cm. Resident, uncommon at Koshi, rare everywhere else.

COMMON STONECHAT

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(*  443)                COMMON STONECHAT             Taxicola torquatus      

NEPAL                   50

Sometimes lumped with Siberian Stonechat but relationship still not clear. 12.2-13 cm. Breeds in open country with bushes, including high altitude semi-desert; winters in scrub, reeds and cultivation. Common and widespread resident, winter visitor and passage migrant.

PURPLE SUNBIRD

Photographed at Koshi Tappu, Nepal March 2017

995                      PURPLE SUNBIRD                            Cinnyris asiaticus

NEPAL                   48

Breeds by running water in open country in hills and mountains; winters in open country near water. 19 cm. Widespread; common passage migrant and winter visitor.

WHITE WAGTAIL

Photographed at Koshi Tappu, Nepal March 2017

994            WHITE WAGTAIL                   Motacilla alba

NEPAL                   48

Breeds by running water in open country in hills and mountains; winters in open country near water. 19 cm. Widespread; common passage migrant and winter visitor.

EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

993            EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE          Streptopelia decaocto

NEPAL                     47

Found in dry country with cultivation and groves. 32 cm. Fairly common and widespread resident.

ASIAN PIED STARLING

Photographed at Koshi Tappu, Nepal March 2017

992          ASIAN PIED STARLING                     Gracupica contra

NEPAL                46

Also known as Pied Myna. 23 cm. Found in cultivation, damp grassland and habitation. Common and widespread resident.

GREATER COUCAL

Photographed at Kossi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

991       GREATER COUCAL                    Centropus sinensis

NEPAL               45

Found in tall grass near cultivation. 48 cm. Common and widespread resident.