EURASIAN WRYNECK

Photographed in Koshi Tappu, Nepal, March 2017

1043                  EURASIAN WRYNECK                   Jynx torquilla

NEPAL                   132

Found in scrub, secondary growth and edges of cultivation and marshes. 16-17 cm. frequent passage migrant and winter visitor.

DARTER

Photographed in Chitwen NP, Nepal, March 2017

(*  134)                DARTER                     Anhinga melanogaster

NEPAL                    131

Inhabits lakes, ponds, slow moving rivers and marshes. 85-97 cm. Local breeding resident and visitor.

NOTE:   Will become Oriental Darter if African and Australasian forms are split.

GREY-WINGED BLACKBIRD

Photographed at Beeshazr Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017

1042                GREY-WINGED BLACKBIRD             Turdis boulboul

NEPAL                 130

Found in moist broadleaved forests, winters in open forest, clearings and edges. 28 cm. Fairly common resident.

WHITE-BELLIED DRONGO

Photographed in Chitwen, Nepal, March 2017

1041               WHITE-BELLIED DRONGO                     Dicrurus caerulescens

NEPAL          129

Found in open forest and well-wooded areas. 24 cm. Locally fairly common and quite widespread resident.

GREY-HEADED WOODPECKER

Photographed at Beeshazar Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017

1040                 GREY-HEADED WOODPECKER                   Picus canus

NEPAL                128

Found in open to closed broadleaved forests and edges; groves in farmland and visits lone trees. 32 cm. Fairly common resident.

GREY WAGTAIL

Photographed at Beeshazar Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017

(*  313)               GREY WAGTAIL              Motacilla cinerea

NEPAL               127  

Breeds by fast flowing mountain streams; winters along slower moving streams. 19 cm. Common, widespread resident.

RIVER LAPWING

Photographed in Chitin, Nepal, March 2017

 1039               RIVER LAPWING              Vanellus duvaucelii

NEPAL            126

Found on sandbanks and shingle banks of rivers. 29-32 cm. Locally fairly common resident in lowlands, frequently in mid-hills.

BROWN CRAKE

Photographed in Chitwen, Nepal, March 2017

1038            BROWN CRAKE              Amaurornis akool

NEPAL            125

Inhabits reedy marshes and vegetation bordering watercourses. 28 cm. Local resident, fairly common in Chitin NP, rare elsewhere.

BAYA WEAVER

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal March 2017

1037               BAYA WEAVER                Ploceus philippines

NEPAL               124

Found in open country near water with scattered bushes and tall trees, and cultivation. 15 cm. Locally common resident.

GREY-HEADED LAPWING

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017

GREY-HEADED LAPWING               Vanellus cinereus

NEPAL        

Found on riverbanks and in wet fields. 34-37 cm. Uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant.

EURASIAN COOT

Photographed in Chitwen NP, Nepal, March 2017.

(*  82)               EURASIAN COOT               Fulica atra

NEPAL              122

Found in large areas of open water with emergent vegetation. 36-38 cm. regular winter visitor and passage migrant, locally common.

RED-BREASTED PARAKEET

Photographed in Chitwen NP, Nepal, March 2017

1035            RED-BREASTED PARAKEET                  Psittacula alexandri

NEPAL             121

In winter found in riverine forests near settlements, sometimes in large flocks; moves deeper into broadleaf forests and in smaller flocks in breeding season. 38 cm. Resident, frequent in Chitwen, uncommon elsewhere.

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.