Birds of Nepal

Robin Accentor

Posted on August 27, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Prunella rubeculoides
Nepali Name: रबिन लेकचरी Robin Lekchari

Gorakshep (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 5,207m. 26 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Alpine Accentor

Posted on August 24, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Prunella collaris
Nepali Name: हिमाली लेकचरी Himali Lekchari

Gorakshep (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 5,207m. 26 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Phortse (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 3,860m. 28 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris) Gosaikunda Lake, Rasuwa, Nepal. 4,380m. 1 June, 2009. Photo: aB

Notes:
1. One of the tamest birds of the high altitudes.

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Yellow-billed Chough

Posted on August 21, 2014 Updated on November 14, 2020

Pyrrhocorax graculus
Nepali Name: टेमु (Temu)

Yellow-billed Chough. Lobuche (Everest Region), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 4,940 meters. 1 April, 2019. Photo: Sadeep Dangol

Pheriche (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 4,250m. 23 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) Tserko Ri (Langtang Valley), Rasuwa, Nepal. 5,033m. 3 June, 2009. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Notes:
1. If properly trained, this is a bird that could make mountaineering legends and that too without supplemental oxygen. Has been reported from camps as high as 8,000m in Everest.

This entry was posted in Corvini, Passeriformes and tagged Bird, birds, birds of nepal, chough, EBC Trek, Everest Base Camp Trek, fauna, high-altitude, langtang, nepal, Pheriche, photography, tserko ri, wildlife photography, yellow-billed chough.

Blood Pheasant

Posted on August 18, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Ithaginis cruentus
Nepali Name: चिलिमे Chilime

Deboche (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 3,740m. 23 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

This entry was posted in Galliformes, Phasianidae and tagged bird photography, birds, birds of nepal, birdwatching, Blood Pheasant, Chilime, Deboche, EBC Trek, Everest Base Camp, nepal, pheasant, photography, Solukhumbu, wildlife photography.

Whistler’s Warbler

Posted on August 12, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Seicercus whistleri
Nepali Name: सुसेली फिस्टो Suseli Fisto

Chumoa (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2,780m. 19 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

This entry was posted in Passeriformes, Phylloscopidae and tagged bird photography, birds of nepal, birdwatching, Chumoa, EBC Trek, Everest Base Camp, photography, Solukhumbu, Trek, warbler, Whistler's Warbler, wildlife photography.

Little Forktail

Posted on August 9, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Enicurus scouleri
Nepali Name: गंगा खोलेधोबिनी Ganga Kholedhobini

Toktok (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. ~2,760m. 19 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

This entry was posted in Muscicapini, Passeriformes and tagged birds of nepal, birdwatching, EBC Trek, Everest Base Camp, Forktail, Little Forktail, photography, Solukhumbu, Toktok, wildlife photography.

Blue Whistling Thrush

Posted on August 6, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Myophonus caeruleus
Nepali Name: कल्चौडे Kalchaude

Chumoa (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2,780m. 19 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Suri VDC (Ward #3), Dolakha, Nepal. ~1800m. 14 March, 2014. Photo:aB

Notes:
1. Very few mountain streams do not have these birds for company.
2. Rather melodious call. Call variations.

This entry was posted in Muscicapini, Passeriformes and tagged bird photography, birds of nepal, birdwatching, Blue Whistling Thrush, Dolakha, nepal, photography, Thrush, Whistling Thrush, wildlife photography.

Rufous Sibia

Posted on July 30, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Heterophasia capistrata
Nepali Name: सिबिया Sibia

Chheplung (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. ~2,700m. 18 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Very noisy.

This entry was posted in Leiothrichidae, Passeriformes and tagged bird photography, birds of nepal, birdwatching, Chheplung, EBC Trek, Everest Base Camp Trek, Everest Trek, nepal, Rufous Sibia, sibia, Solukhumbu, wildlife photography.

Great Barbet

Posted on July 27, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Megalaima virens
Nepali Name: न्याउली Nyauli

Ghermu (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Lamjung, Nepal. ~1,154m. 13 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. The incessant piuuuuu…… of this bird is one of the most prevalent sounds of the spring air in Nepal.
2. Nepali folklore ascribes the melancholy sound of this bird as a call for a lost lover.

This entry was posted in Megalaiminae, Piciformes and tagged Annapurna Circuit, Barbet, bird photography, birds of nepal, birdwatching, Ghermu, Great Barbet, Lamjung, Nyauli, photography, Trek, wildlife photography.

Crimson Sunbird

Posted on July 24, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Aethopyga siparaja
Nepali Name: सिपराजा बुङ्गेचरा Sipraja Bungechara

Dhagai (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Lamjung, Nepal. ~1,420m. 12 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. National Bird of Singapore.

This entry was posted in Nectariniini, Passeriformes and tagged Annapurna, Annapurna Circuit Trek, bird photography, birds of nepal, birdwatching, Crimson Sunbird, Dhagai, photography, Sunbird, wildlife photography.