Bird
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Nepali Name: बगाले सिमकुखुरा (Bagale Simkukhura)




Baya Weaver
Ploceus philippinus
Nepali Name: बया तोपचरा (Baya Topchara)







Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Nepali Name: टिमटिमा (Timtimaa)
Rufous-breasted Accentor
Nepali Name: मुसे लेकचरी (Muse Lekchari)
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Nepali name: राज हुटीट्याउ (Raj Huttittyau)
Notes:
1. The Bagmati River by Chobhar is one of the best places in Nepal for these winter visitors. At least 150 individuals in a small stretch of the river during the current visit. November-January is the best time to see these birds here.
2. They congregate in huge flocks around 10 am.
3. Bonelli’s Eagle prey on these birds in this locality.
Alpine Accentor
Prunella collaris
Nepali Name: हिमाली लेकचरी Himali Lekchari
Notes:
1. One of the tamest birds of the high altitudes.
Yellow-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Nepali Name: टेमु (Temu)
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.