Ciconiiformes

Long-legged Buzzard

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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

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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

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Accipiter badius
Nepali Name: शीक्रा (Shikra)

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

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Bonelli’s Eagle

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Aquila fasciata
Nepali Name: मोरङ्गी चील (Morangi Cheel)

Ghalel (Mardi Himal Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 1,525m. 14 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Ghalel (Mardi Himal Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 1,525m. 14 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
(juvenile) Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
(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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Common Greenshank

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Tringa nebularia
Nepali Name: टिमटिमा (Timtimaa)

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 5 November, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Eurasian Sparrowhawk

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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

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Nisaetus nipalensis
Nepali Name: पहाडी शदलचील Pahadi Shadaha Cheel

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

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Little Ringed Plover

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Charadrius dubius
Nepali Name: लधु राजपुत्रिका Laghu Rajputrika

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 6 November, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 5 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Oriental Honey-Buzzard

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Pernis ptilorhyncus
Nepali Name: मधुहा Madhuha

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

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Nycticorax nycticorax
Nepali Name: बाँके बकुल्ला Banke Bakulla

Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 6 November, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
(immature) Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 22 April, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
(immature) Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 22 April, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Notes:
1. There were four immatures at Taudaha Mar 2014. Nest nearby??

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