birding in nepal

Tufted Duck

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Aythya fuligula
Nepali Name:  कालीजुरे हाँस (Kalijure Haans)

Tufted Duck Nepal
Tufted Duck. Nagdaha, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,375 meters. 9 July, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
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Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Tufted Duck at Taudaha Kathmandu
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Eurasian Wren

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Troglodytes troglodytes
Nepali Name: चित्री (Chitri)

Eurasian Wren in Everest
Phunki Tenga, Solukhumbu, Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal. 3,315 meters. 24 March, 2019. Photo: Sadeep Dangol.

Blyth’s Reed Warbler

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Acrocephalus dumetorum
Nepali Name: ट्याकट्याके (Tyaktyake)

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Tribhuwan University Coronation Garden, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 19 March, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Ashy Prinia

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Prinia socialis
Nepali Name: टुणुक् घाँसेफिस्टो (Tunduk Ghaansefisto)

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Wood Sandpiper

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Tringa glareola
Nepali Name: वन सुडसुडिया (Ban Sudsudiya)

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Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 5 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Plain Prinia

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Prinia inornata
Nepali Name: झाँक्री घाँसेफिस्टो (Jhankri Ghaasefisto)

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Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 5 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Plain Prinia
Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Spotted Owlet

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Athene brama
Nepali Name: कोचलगाँडे लाटोकोसेरो (Kochalgaade Laatokosero)

Spotted Owlet
Ranibari, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,300m. 1 April, 2017. Photo: Sadeep Dangol

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

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Sitta frontalis
Nepali Name: मखमली मट्टा (Makhamali Matta)

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch at Kathmandu Nepal
Ranibari, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,300m. 1 April, 2017. Photo: Sadeep Dango

Crested Goshawk

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Accipiter trivirgatus
Nepali Name: कल्की बेसरा (Kalki Besra)

Crested Goshawk at Machhegaun, Kathmandu
Machhegaun, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,600m. 18 March, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Red Collared Dove

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Streptopelia tranquebarica
Nepali Name: सानोतामे  ढुकुर (Sano Taame Dhukur)

Red Turtle Dove at Chobhar Kathmandu
Chobhar Bagmati, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,270m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.