Annapurna Base Camp Trek « Birds of Nepal

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

Posted on December 31, 2016 Updated on November 11, 2020

Urocissa flavirostris
Nepali Name: सुनठूँडे लामपुच्छ्रे Sunthunde Lampucchre

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie — below Pritam/Bhichok Deurali (Annapurna Base Camp Trek), Kaski, Nepal. ~2150m. 11 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Darjeeling Woodpecker

Posted on December 30, 2016 Updated on November 11, 2020

Dendrocopos darjellensis
Nepali Name: दार्जीलिङ्ग काष्ठकूट Darjeeling Kasthakoot

This entry was posted in Picidae, Piciformes and tagged Annapurna Base Camp Trek, bird photography, birds of nepal, Darjeeling Woodpecker, Dendrocopos darjellensis, Kaski, Mardi Himal Trek, nature, nature photography, nepal, Pothana.

Black-faced Laughingthrush

Posted on January 22, 2015 Updated on November 11, 2020

Trochalopteron affine
Nepali Name: कानटाटे तोरीगाँडा Kantate Torigaanda

Chheplung (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2,670m. 9 January, 2015. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Mong La (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. ~3,950m. 29 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Poon Hill, Myagdi, Nepal. 3178m. 10 April, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Kali Gandaki Valley is the western boundary for this species.
2. Sings from a prominent position during mornings. Found in pairs during the breeding season.

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Pink-browed Rosefinch

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

Carpodacus rodochroa
Nepali Name: पंखथोप्ले ठूलोतितु Pankhathople Thulotitu

(female) Sinuwa (ABC Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 2,327m. 1 April, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. It is weird how the females allow much closer approach to the photographer than the males. Perhaps, she thinks she is very well camouflaged even on green grass!!!

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