BIRDS seen on
the trip
[Taxonomy and
nomenclature loosely follow Birds of South Asia by P. Rasmussen]
Little Egret Egretta
garzetta
Great Egret Casmerodius
albus
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx
intermedia
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola
grayii
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos
javanicus
Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos
dubius
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhyncus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Spilornis cheela
Crested Goshawk Accipiter
trivirgatus
Himalayan Buzzard Buteo (b.)
burmanicus
Black Eagle Ictinaetus
malayensis
Mountain Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus nipalensis
Oriental Hobby Falco severus
Common Hill-Partridge
Arborophila torqueola H
Rufous-throated
Hill-Partridge Arborophila rufogularis H
Chestnut-breasted
Hill-Partridge Arborophila mandellii H
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Kalij Pheasant Lophura
leucomelanos
Grey Peacock Pheasant
Polyplectron bicalcaratum H
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus
indicus
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Ashy Wood-Pigeon Columba
pulchricollis
Spotted Dove Streptopelia
chinensis
Barred Cuckoo Dove
Macropygia unchall
Emerald Dove Chalcophaps
indica
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula badia
Red-breasted Parakeet
Psittacula alexandri
Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis
sonneratii
Mountain Scops Owl Otus
spilocephalus H
Collared Owlet Glaucidium
brodiei
Asian Barred Owlet
Glaucidium cuculoides
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus (i.)
jotoka
Large-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus macrurus
Himalayan Swiftlet
Aerodramus brevirostris
Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus
balasiensis
Red-headed Trogon Harpactes
erythrocephalus
Ward's Trogon Harpactes
wardi
Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo
hercules
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Black Billed Roller Coracias
benghalensis affinis
Dollarbird Eurystomus
orientalis
Rufous-necked Hornbill
Aceros nipalensis
Wreathed Hornbill Aceros
undulatus
Great Barbet Megalaima
virens
Lineated Barbet Megalaima
lineata
Golden-throated Barbet
Megalaima franklinii
Blue-throated Barbet
Megalaima asiatica
Darjeeling Woodpecker
Dendrocopos darjellensis
Greater Yellownape Picus
flavinucha
Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus
canus
Greater Flameback
Chrysocolaptes lucidus
Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus
pyrrhotis H
Nepal House Martin Delichon
nipalensis
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
dukhunensis
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus
hodgsoni
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Coracina melaschistos
Grey-chinned Minivet
Pericrocotus solaris
Long-tailed Minivet
Pericrocotus ethologus
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Hemipus picatus
Large Woodshrike
Tephrodornis gularis
Yellow-bellied Fantail
Rhipidura hypoxantha
White-throated Fantail
Rhipidura albicollis
Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus
striatus
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus
cafer
Mountain Bulbul Hypsipetes
mcclellandii
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes
leucocephalus
Orange-bellied Leafbird
Chloropsis hardwickii
Long Tailed Shrike Lanius
schach tricolor
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush
Monticola rufiventris
Blue Whistling Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus
Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera
mollissima
White-collared Blackbird
Turdus albocinctus
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Ficedula hodgsonii
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
Ficedula strophiata
White-gorgeted Flycatcher
Ficedula monileger
Slaty-blue Flycatcher
Ficedula tricolor
Rufous-bellied Niltava
Niltava sundara
Pygmy Blue Flycatcher
Muscicapella hodgsoni H
Grey-headed Canary
Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
Himalayan Red-flanked Bush
Robin Tarsiger crufiatus
Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger
chrysaeus
Rufous-breasted Bush Robin
Tarsiger hyperythrus
Oriental Magpie Robin
Copsychus saularis
Hodgson's Redstart
Phoenicurus hodgsoni
Blue-fronted Redstart
Phoenicurus frontalis
White-capped Water Redstart
Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
Plumbeous Water Redstart
Rhyacornis fuliginosa
White-tailed Blue Robin
Myiomela leucura H
Little Forktail Enicurus
scouleri
Slaty-backed Forktail
Enicurus schistaceus
Spotted Forktail Enicurus
maculatus
Common Stonechat Saxicola
toquatus
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophus
Striated Laughingthrush
Grammatoptila striata
Spotted Laughingthrush
Lanthocinda ocellatus
Bhutan Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron imbricatum
Scaly Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron subunicolor
Black-faced Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron affine
Redheaded Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron erythrocephalus
Red-faced Liocichla
Liocichla phoenicea
Bugun Liocichla Liocichla
bugunorum
Streak-breasted Scimitar
Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
Coral-billed Scimitar
Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
Slender-billed Scimitar
Babbler Xiphirhynchus superciliaris
Eyebrowed Wren Babbler
Napothera epilepidota
Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler
Pnoepyga albiventer H
Pygmy Wren Babbler Pnoepyga
pusilla H
Rufous-throated Wren Babbler
Spelaeornis caudatus
Bar-winged Wren Babbler
Spelaeornis troglodytoides
Spotted Wren Babbler
Spelaeornis formosus
Rufous-fronted Babbler
Stachyris rufifrons
Rufous-capped Babbler
Stachyris ruficeps
Golden Babbler Stachyris
chrysaea
Grey-throated Babbler
Stachyris nigriceps
Black-headed Shrike Babbler
Pteruthius rufiventer
White-browed Shrike Babbler
Pteruthius flaviscapis
Green Shrike Babbler
Pteruthius xanthochlorus
Black-eared Shrike Babbler
Pteruthius melanotis
Rusty-fronted Barwing
Actinodura egertoni
Streak-throated Barwing
Actinodura waldeni
Blue-winged Minla Minla
cyanouroptera
Chestnut-tailed Minla Minla
strigula
Red-tailed Minla Minla
ignotincta
Golden-breasted Fulvetta
Alcippe chrysotis
Yellow-throated Fulvetta
Alcippe cinerea
Brown-throated Fulvetta
Alcippe ludlowi
Rufous-winged Fulvetta
Alcippe castaneceps
Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe
nipalensis
Rufous-backed Sibia r
Heterophasia annectans
Beautiful Sibia Heterophasia
pulchella
Long-tailed Sibia
Heterophasia picaoides
Striated Yuhina Yuhina
castaniceps
White-naped Yuhina Yuhina
bakeri
Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina
flavicollis
Stripe-throated Yuhina
Yuhina gularis
Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina
occipitalis
Brown Parrotbill
Paradoxornis unicolor
Grey-headed Parrotbill
Paradoxornis gularis
Greater Rufous-headed
Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola
juncidis
Black-throated Prinia Prinia
atrogularis
Mountain Tailorbird
Orthotomus cuculatus
Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia
castaneocoronata
Strong Fooded Bush Warbler
Bush Warbler Cettia fortipes H
Hume's Bush Warbler Cettia
brunnescens
Grey-sided Bush Warbler
Cettia brunnifrons
Russet Bush Warbler
Bradypterus mandelli
Orange-barred Leaf-Warbler
Phylloscopus pulcher
Grey Faced Leaf Warbler r
Phylloscopus maculipennis
Yellow-browed Leaf-Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatus
Blyth's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus reguloides
Yellow-vented Warbler
Phylloscopus cantator
Grey-hooded Warbler
Seicercus xanthoschistos
Grey-cheeked Warbler
Seicercus poliogenys
Chestnut-crowned Warbler
Seicercus castaniceps
Broad-billed Warbler
Tickellia hodgsoni
Black-faced Warbler
Abroscopus schisticeps
Yellow-bellied Warbler
Abroscopus superciliaris
Red Headed Tit Aegithalos
concinnus
Rufous-fronted Tit
Aegithalos iouschistos
Green-backed Tit Parus
monticolus
Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus
modestus
Sultan Tit Melanochlora
sultanea
White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta
himalayensis
Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta
formosa
Rusty-flanked Treecreeper
Certhia nipalensis
Brown-throated Treecreeper
Certhia discolor
Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker
Dicaeum melanoxanthum
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
Dicaeum ignipectus
Green-tailed Sunbird
Aethopyga nipalensis
Black-breasted Sunbird
Aethopyga saturata
Streaked Spiderhunter
Arachnothera magna
Dark-breasted Rosefinch
Carpodacus nipalensis
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus
erythrinus
Scarlet Finch Haematospiza
sipahi
Gold-naped Finch
Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
House Sparrow Passer
domesticus
Asian Pied Starling
Gracupica contra
Common Myna Acridotheres
tristis
Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus
xanthornus
Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena
puella
Black Drongo Dicrurus
macrocercus
Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus
aeneus
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus remifer
Common Green Magpie Cissa
chinensis
Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga
caryocatactes
House Crow Corvus splendens
Large-billed Crow Corvus
macrorhynchos
H- Heard
only
List compiled by Bikram Grewal
