Rallidae « Birds of Nepal

Common Moorhen

Posted on November 5, 2022

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.

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White-breasted Waterhen

Posted on November 5, 2022

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, 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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Grey-headed Swamphen

Posted on June 6, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

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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Common Coot

Posted on December 5, 2013 Updated on November 11, 2020

Fulica atra
Nepali Name: मरूल (Marul)

Common Coot at Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal

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. 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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