SCARLET MINIVET

Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017

1034                SCARLET MINIVET               Pericrocotus flammeus 

NEPAL            120  

Usually found in broadleaf forest. 22-23 cm. Common and widespread resident. 

NOTE:    Orange Minivet P. flammeusis considered conspecific with Scarlet Minivet P. speciosus, together known as Scarlet Minivet P flammeus.

ZITTING CISTICOLA

Photographed at Chitwin, Nepal, March 2017

(*  829)               ZITTING CISTICOLA                Cisticola juncidis

NEPAL

Found in paddy fields and other crops, and dry and marshy grasslands. 10 cm. fairly common and widespread resident.

LINEATED BARBET

Photographed in Chitwen, Nepal, March 2017

(*  846)               LINEATED BARBET                    Megalaima lineata

NEPAL            

Found in open deciduous forests, well-wooded areas and roadside avenues with fruiting trees. 28 cm. Widespread and locally common resident.

COMMON SNIPE

Photographed at Beeshazar Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017

(* 894)              COMMON SNIPE               Gallinago gallinago

NEPAL            117

Found in marshes, wet fields and muddy edges to rivers and pools. 25-27 cm. Locally fairly common winter visitor and passage migrant.

EMERALD DOVE

Photographed at Beeshazar Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017

(*  643)              EMERALD DOVE                   Chalcophaps indica

NEPAL                116

Found in moist broadleaved forests. 27 cm. Locally common resident.

COPPERSMITH BARBET

Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017

(*  827)               COPPERSMITH BARBET                      Megalaima haemacephala

NEPAL          

Found in deciduous biotope, especially with figs; open wooded country, groves and wooded gardens. 17 cm. Widespread resident, common.

BLACK STORK

Photographed at Beeshazar Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017

(*   258)                BLACK STORK                   Ciconia nigra

NEPAL            114

Found in marshes, rivers and cut-over paddy fields. 90-100 cm. Widespread winter visitor and passage migrant.

(juvenile)

GREY-HEADED FISH EAGLE

COMMON GREENSHANK

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

 (*  417)                  COMMON GREENSHANK            Tringa nebularia

NEPAL           113

Found in wide range of wetlands. 30-34 cm. Mainly a common winter visitor.

BLACK BULBUL

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.

ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET

Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017

1032                ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET                   Psittacula eupatria

NEPAL            111

Found in riverine forests. 53 cm. Widespread resident, common in some protected areas and generally frequent or uncommon elsewhere.

WOOLLY-NECKED STORK

Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017

(*  383)                   WOOLLY-NECKED STORK                       Ciconia episcopus

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

Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017

1031             WHITE-BROWED WAGTAIL                   Mostacilla maderaspatensis

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

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017

(*  907)                 COMMON TAILORBIRD                Orthotomus sutorius

NEPAL                107

Found in bushes in gardens, cultivation edges and forest edges. 13 cm. Widespread resident.

BARN SWALLOW

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017

(*  805)             BARN SWALLOW                Hirundo rustica

NEPAL            106

Found in cultivation, towns, cities, and lakes and rivers in open country. 18 cm. Common resident and summer visitor.

RED-RUMPED SWALLOW

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017

1029              RED-RUMPED SWALLOW                Cecropis daurica

NEPAL               105

Breeds in habitation and forages nearby over cultivation and grassy slopes; winters in open country. 16-17 cm. Common resident.