Chheplung « Birds of Nepal

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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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.

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Streaked Laughingthrush

Posted on June 21, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Trochalopteron lineatum
Nepali Name: छिर्के तोरीगाँडा Chirke Torigaada

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

Timang (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Manang, Nepal. ~1,270m. 11 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Doesn’t congregate in large parties.
2. Whistler mentions that the nests of this bird is frequently parasitized by Indian and Pied Crested Cuckoo.

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