birds of nepal

Baya Weaver

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Ploceus philippinus
Nepali Name: बया तोपचरा (Baya Topchara)

Baya Weaver at Chobhar Kathmandu
Chobhar Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Baya Weaver
Srijananagar, Bhaktapur, Nepal. 1,300m. 27 June, 2013. Photo: aB
Baya Weaver
Srijananagar, Bhaktapur, Nepal. 1,300m. 27 June, 2013. Photo: aB
Baya Weaver
Srijananagar, Bhaktapur, Nepal. 1,300m. 27 June, 2013. Photo: aB
Baya Weaver
Srijananagar, Bhaktapur, Nepal. 1,300m. 27 June, 2013. Photo: aB
Baya Weaver at chobhar Kathmandu
Chobhar Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 25 February 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Baya Weaver Nepal.
Baya Weaver. Bardiya National Park, Bardiya, Nepal. 315 meters / 1,033 feet. 20 August, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Demoiselle Crane

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Grus virgo

Nepali Name: करयाङ-कुरुङ (Karyang-kurung)

Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal. 3,840 meters / 12,598 feet. 7 October, 2021. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal. 3,840 meters / 12,598 feet. 7 October, 2021. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal. 3,840 meters / 12,598 feet. 7 October, 2021. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal. 3,840 meters / 12,598 feet. 7 October, 2021. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Fire-tailed Sunbird

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Aethopyga ignicauda

Nepali Name: लामपुच्छ्रे बुङ्गेचरा (Lampuchhre Bungechara)

Fire-tailed sunbird. Shivapuri National Park (Sundarijal). 1600 m. Photo: Sadeep Dangol

Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker

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Dicaeum melanoxanthum

Nepali Name: पीतोदर पुष्पकोकिल (Pitodar Pushpakokil)

Male Yellow-bellied flowerpecker. Shivapuri National Park (Okhrani) Photo: Sadeep Dangol
Female Yellow-bellied flowerpecker. Shivapuri National Park (Okhrani) Photo: Sadeep Dangol

Spotted Laughingthrush

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Garrulax ocellatus
Nepali Name: मुँदाले तोरीगाँडा (Mudale Toriganda)

Himalayan shrike-babbler

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Pteruthius ripleyi / Pteruhtius flaviscapis
Nepali Name: लालपंखे भद्राईभ्याकुर Lalpankhe Bhadrai Bhyakur
(also called White-browed Shrike Babbler)

Hill Pigeon

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Columba rupestris
Nepali Name: लेकाली मलेवा

Hill Pigeon
Lobuche. Solukhumbu, Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal. 4,940 meters. 31 March, 2019. Photo: Sadeep Dangol

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.

Tibetan Snowcock

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Tetraogallus himalayensis

Nepali Name: हिमाली हिउँकुखुरा (Himali Hiukukhura)

Tibetan Snowcock in Nepal
Lobuche, Everest Region, Nepal. 4,940m. 31 March, 2019. Photo: Sadeep Dangol.

Tibetan Snowcock in Nepal
Lobuche, Everest Region, Nepal. 4,940m. 31 March, 2019. Photo: Sadeep Dangol.

Tibetan Snowcock in Everest
Lobuche, Everest Region, Nepal. 4,940m. 31 March, 2019. Photo: Sadeep Dangol.

Tail feathers of Tibetan Snowcock
Lobuche, Everest Region, Nepal. 4,940m. 31 March, 2019. Photo: Sadeep Dangol.

Red-rumped Swallow

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Cecropis daurica
Nepali Name: गेरुकटी गौंथली (Gerukati Gauthali)

Red-rumped Swallow in Nepal
Bageshwori (Nagarkot), Bhaktapur, Nepal. ~1,350m. 18 May, 2019. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

 

Red-rumped Swallow in Nepal
Bageshwori (Nagarkot), Bhaktapur, Nepal. ~1,350m. 18 May, 2019. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.