YELLOW-FOOTED GREEN PIGEON

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

1024                  YELLOW-FOOTED GREEN PIGEON               Treron phoenicopterus

NEPAL               99

Found in deciduous forest and fruiting trees around villages and cultivation. 33 cm. Widespread and locally common resident.

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017

(* 864)                 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON                   Nycticorax nycticorax

NEPAL              98

Found in ponds, lakes and tanks. 58-65 cm. Locally common summer visitor and resident.

NORTHERN PINTAIL

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, march 2017

(*  943)             NORTHERN PINTAIL                  Anas acuta

NEPAL            97

Forages by night and early morning and evening in marshes and flooded paddy fields, roosts by day on open waters with aquatic vegetation. 51-56 cm. Passage migrant and winter visitor.

LARGE CUCKOO-SHRIKE

Sighted at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, March 2017

1023            LARGE CUCKOO-SHRIKE                      Coracina macei 

NEPAL            96

Open woodlands, groves and trees in cultivation. 30 cm. Common and widespread resident
                                                                                                    

Photographed in Chitwen, Nepal, March 2017

TEMMINCK’S STINT

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

1022               TEMMINCK’S STINT              Calidris temminckii    

NEPAL           95

Favours vegetated freshwater habitats: marshes, pools, lakes, wet fields and riverbanks. 13-15 cm. Fairly common winter visitor and passage migrant.

INDIAN GREY HORNBILL

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1021               INDIAN GREY HORNBILL              Ocyceros birostris

NEPAL                 94

Found in open deciduous  and wooded areas with fruiting trees. 50 cm. Local, frequent resident.

PURPLE SWAMPHEN

Kochi tap Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

(*  83)             PURPLE SWAMPHEN              Porphyrio porphyrio

NEPAL              93

Inhabits dense roadbeds at pool edges and in marshes. 45-50 cm. Chiefly a winter visitor and passage migrant, also breeds locally.

NOTE: Indian subspecies sometimes treated as separate species Grey-headed Swamphen P. poliocephalus.

BROWN FISH OWL

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1020                  BROWN FISH OWL                Ketupa zeylonensis

NEPAL       92

Inhabits forests and well-wooded areas near water. 56 cm. Local and uncommon resident.

LESSER WHISTLING DUCK

Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017

(*  901)                  LESSER WHISTLING DUCK                Dendrocygna javanica

NEPAL            (91)

Found in flooded grassland and paddy fields, freshwater marshes, and shallow pools and lakes with plentiful fringe cover, emergent vegetation and partially submerged trees. 42 cm. Local breeding resident.

GREAT BARBET

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017

1019               GREAT BARBET                Megalaima virens

NEPAL             90

Found in mostly moist, broadleaved forest; also well-wooded country. 33 cm. Common, widespread resident.

PLAIN MARTIN

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

1018                 PLAIN MARTIN              Riparia paludicola                  

NEPAL                     89

Found around rivers and lakes. 12 cm. Locally common resident, mainly in south.

NOTE: May be split and local form chinensis will become Grey-throated Martin.

ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL

Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017

(*  857)                 ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL                  Anthracoceros albirostris

NEPAL

Found in mature broadleaved forest with fruiting trees. 55-60 cm. Local, frequent resident.

BROWN SHRIKE

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(* 928)             BROWN SHRIKE                   Lanis cristatus

NEPAL               87

Forest edges and secondary scrub. 18-19 cm.  Winter visiter to the south; some passage visitors in centre.

SAND LARK

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1017                SAND LARK                Calandrella raytal

NEPAL              86

Found on banks of lakes and rivers. 12 cm. Locally common resident, mainly along south.

LESSER COUCAL

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

LESSER COUCAL                 Centropus bengalensis

NEPAL                85

Found in tall grass, roadbeds and shrubberies. 33 cm. Locally fairly common resident, mainly in protected areas; areas in the south.

COMMON KESTREL

Kochi Tappu Willife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1016           COMMON KESTREL                     Falco tinnuncululus              

NEPAL              84

Found in open country. 32-35 cm. Common resident, winter visitor and passage migrant, over whole country.