Anseriformes

Tufted Duck

Posted on November 5, 2022

Aythya fuligula
Nepali Name: कालीजुरे हाँस (Kalijure Haans)

Tufted Duck Nepal — Tufted Duck. Nagdaha, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,375 meters. 9 July, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Tufted Duck at Taudaha Kathmandu — Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

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Falcated Duck

Posted on June 5, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Anas falcata
Nepali Name: फुर्के हाँस (Furke Haans)

Falcated Duck — Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Taiga Bean Goose

Posted on June 3, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Anser fabalis
Nepali Name:

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Greylag Goose

Posted on June 2, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Anser anser
Nepali Name: कलहाँस (Kalhaans)

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Northern Pintail

Posted on May 31, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Anas acuta
Nepali Name: सुइरोपुछ्रे (Suiropuchchre)

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 5 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 5 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Northern Pintail at Taudaha Kathmandu — Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 11 March 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

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Red-crested Pochard

Posted on May 27, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Netta rufina
Nepali Name: सुनजुरे हाँस (Sunjure Haans)

IMG_6047-2 — Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Red-crested Pochard at Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal — Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Red-crested Pochard in Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal — Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Common Pochard

Posted on May 23, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Aythya ferina
Nepali Name: कैलोटाउके हाँस (Kailotauke Haans)

Common Pochard — Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Ferruginous Pochard

Posted on March 23, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Aythya nyroca
Nepali Name: मालक हाँस (Malak Haans)

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Ferruginous Duck — Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 3 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

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Northern Shoveler

Posted on December 9, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Anas clypeata
Nepali Name:बेल्चाठूँडे हाँस Belcha Thude Haans

Northern Shoveler — Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 5 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Northern Shoveler female Bagmati Kathmandu Nepal Bird Photography — Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 29 November, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Bar-headed Goose

Posted on December 29, 2013 Updated on November 11, 2020

Anser indicus
Nepali Name: खोया हाँस (Khoyahaans)

Bar-headed Goose

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 29 December, 2013. Photo: aB

IMG_5861-2 — Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. One of the highest flying birds in the world with reports of flight over Everest at an altitude of 9,375m.
2. Rare passage migrant in the Kathmandu Valley.

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