Gruiformes

Common Moorhen

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Gallinula chloropus
Nepali Name: बगाले सिमकुखुरा (Bagale Simkukhura)

Common Moorhen Nepal
Common Moorhen. Nagdaha, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,375 meters. 9 July, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 5 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Common Moorhen
Ghodaghodi Lake, Kailali, Nepal. 200m. 11 May, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 5 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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White-breasted Waterhen

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Amaurornis phoenicurus
Nepali Name: सिमकुखुरा Sim Kukhura

White-breasted Waterhen Nepal
White-breasted Waterhen. Nagdaha, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,375 meters. 9 July, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
White-breasted Waterhen Nepal
White-breasted Waterhen. Nagdaha, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,375 meters. 9 July, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
White-breasted Waterhen, Nepal, Taudaha
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 16 November, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Notes:
1. Reacts to playback very well.
2. Keeps to the thickets as much as it can. That was the reason why seeing or hearing this bird frequently around Kathmandu, it took a while to get a good shot.

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Demoiselle Crane

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Grus virgo

Nepali Name: करयाङ-कुरुङ (Karyang-kurung)

Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal. 3,840 meters / 12,598 feet. 7 October, 2021. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal. 3,840 meters / 12,598 feet. 7 October, 2021. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal. 3,840 meters / 12,598 feet. 7 October, 2021. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal. 3,840 meters / 12,598 feet. 7 October, 2021. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Grey-headed Swamphen

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Porphyrio poliocephalus
Nepali Name: कु्र्मा (Kurma)

Purple Swamphen at Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal
Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Sarus Crane

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Antigone antigone
Nepali Name: सारस (Sarus)

Sarus Crane Nepal
Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Sarus Crane
Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Common Coot

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Fulica atra
Nepali Name: मरूल (Marul)

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 16 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 16 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 8 January, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal.1,300m. 30 January, 2013. Photo: Jay Shrestha

Notes:
1. One of the tamest birds in Taudaha. Winter visitor.

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