Accipitrinae

Changeable Hawk Eagle

Posted on November 5, 2022

Nisaetus limnaeetus

Nepali Name: शदलचील (Sadal Cheel)

Changeable Hawk Eagle Nepal — Changeable Hawk Eagle. Bardiya National Park, Bardiya, Nepal. 315 meters / 1,033 feet. 20 August, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Changeable Hawk Eagle Nepal — Changeable Hawk Eagle. Bardiya National Park, Bardiya, Nepal. 315 meters / 1,033 feet. 21 August, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Crested Serpent Eagle

Posted on November 5, 2022 Updated on November 5, 2022

Spilornis cheela
Nepali Name: काकाकुल (Kakakul)

Crested Serpent Eagle Nepal — Crested Serpent Eagle. Bardiya National Park, Bardiya, Nepal. 315 meters / 1,033 feet. 21 August, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Crested Serpent Eagle — Siurung (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Lamjung, Nepal. ~1,860m. 12 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Crested Serpent Eagle — Siurung (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Lamjung, Nepal. ~1,860m. 12 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:

As its name suggests it is specialized reptile hunter, feeding on well snakes and lizards.
Calls incessantly

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Black-shouldered Kite

Posted on April 18, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Elanus axillaris
Nepali Name: मुसे चील (Muse Cheel)

Black-shouldered Kite at Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal — Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Long-legged Buzzard

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

Buteo rufinus
Nepali Name: लामखुट्टे श्येनबाज (Lamkhutte Shyenbaaz)

Long-legged Buzzard in Kathmandu — Bagheswori, Bhaktapur, Nepal. ~1,400m. 6 January 2018. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Long-legged Buzzard at Chobhar Kathmandu — Chobhar Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Long-legged Buzzard — Bagheswori, Bhaktapur, Nepal. ~1,400m. 21 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Common Buzzard

Posted on March 29, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Buteo buteo
Nepali Name: श्यनबाज (Shyan Baaz)

Common Buzzard — Bagheswori, Bhaktapur, Nepal. ~1,400m. 21 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Shikra

Posted on March 28, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Accipiter badius
Nepali Name: शीक्रा (Shikra)

Shikra

Chhatre Deurali, Dhading, Nepal. ~1,400m. 7 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Shikra

Chhatre Deurali, Dhading, Nepal. ~1,400m. 7 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Bonelli’s Eagle

Posted on January 10, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Aquila fasciata
Nepali Name: मोरङ्गी चील (Morangi Cheel)

Bonelli's Eagle

Ghalel (Mardi Himal Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 1,525m. 14 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Bonelli's Eagle

Ghalel (Mardi Himal Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 1,525m. 14 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Bonelli's Eagle

(juvenile) Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Bonelli’s Eagle

(juvenile) Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Observed hunting from a perch during the current visit but does hunt on the wing.

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Eurasian Sparrowhawk

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

Accipiter nisus
Nepali Name: वनबाज Banbaaj

Eurasian Sparrowhawk — Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 16 November, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Mountain Hawk Eagle

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

Nisaetus nipalensis
Nepali Name: पहाडी शदलचील Pahadi Shadaha Cheel

Mountain Hawk Eagle

Pothana (Annapurna Base Camp Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 2000m. 11 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Mountain Hawk Eagle

Pothana (Annapurna Base Camp Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 2000m. 11 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Oriental Honey-Buzzard

Posted on December 27, 2016 Updated on November 11, 2020

Pernis ptilorhyncus
Nepali Name: मधुहा Madhuha

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Pothana (Annapurna Base Camp Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 2000m. 11 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Pothana (Annapurna Base Camp Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 2000m. 11 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Oriental Honey Buzzard

Syange (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Lamjung, Nepal. ~1,100m. 11 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Despite its name it has none of the behavior of the buzzards well except perhaps it has variable plumage.

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