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Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
Nepali Name: सानो माटिकोरे (Sano Matikore)
Baya Weaver
Ploceus philippinus
Nepali Name: बया तोपचरा (Baya Topchara)
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Nepali Name: टिमटिमा (Timtimaa)
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Nepali name: सेतो टिकटिके (Seto Tiktike)
Notes:
1. Communal roosters. Always found in the vicinity of water. Winter visitor.
2. As many as 6 subspecies recorded in Nepal.
3. Beautiful undulating flight.
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Nepali Name: कालो काग Kaalo Kaag
Notes:
1. Great aerial displays by the high altitude Himalayan races.
2. High altitude races larger than the ones found in the lowlands.
Pink-browed Rosefinch
Carpodacus rodochroa
Nepali Name: पंखथोप्ले ठूलोतितु Pankhathople Thulotitu
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!!!
Himalayan Black-lored Tit
Parus xanthogenys
Nepali Name: पाण्डु चिचिल्कोटे Pandu Chichilkote
Notes:
1. Nests in holes like other tits.
Grey-hooded Warbler
Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
Nepali Name: तुमुलकारी फिस्टो Tumulkari Fisto
Orange-flanked Bush Robin
Tarsiger cyanurus
Nepali Name: सुन्तलाकोखे रबिन Suntalakokhe Robin
Notes:
1. A rather common bird wherever you go in Nepal. Breeds above 3,000m during summer while during the winters it descends for warmer climes.
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
Nepali Name: कण्ठे सुगा Kanthe Suga
Notes:
1. Rather common in the Terai. The population in Kathmandu is largely due to escaped birds.
2. Breeds February to May. The bird in the picture is standing at the entrance of its nest.
3. Outside the breeding season lives in large groups.
4. Very similar to Alexendrine Parakeet except for smaller size and lack of crimson shoulder patch.
Birds of Nepal 