Anserini « Birds of Nepal

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)

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Bar-headed Goose

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

Anser indicus
Nepali Name: खोया हाँस (Khoyahaans)

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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Cotton Pygmy-goose

Posted on June 25, 2013 Updated on November 11, 2020

Nettapus coromandelianus
Nepali Name: हरि हाँस (Hari Haans)

Cotton Pygmy-goose — Ghodaghodi Lake, Kailali, Nepal. 200m. 11 May, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Ruddy Shelduck

Posted on May 26, 2013 Updated on November 11, 2020

Nepali name: चखेवा (Chakhewa)

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