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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

White-breasted Waterhen

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Amaurornis phoenicurus
Nepali Name: सिमकुखुरा Sim Kukhura

White-breasted Waterhen Nepal
White-breasted Waterhen. Nagdaha, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,375 meters. 9 July, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
White-breasted Waterhen Nepal
White-breasted Waterhen. Nagdaha, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,375 meters. 9 July, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Reacts to playback very well.
2. Keeps to the thickets as much as it can. That was the reason why seeing or hearing this bird frequently around Kathmandu, it took a while to get a good shot.

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.

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

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.

Orange-headed Thrush

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Geokichla citrina
Nepali Name:  सुन्तले चाँचर (Suntale Chancher)

Orange-headed Thrush at Kathmandu Nepal
Ranibari, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,300m. 1 April, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Northern Pintail

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Anas acuta
Nepali Name: सुइरोपुछ्रे (Suiropuchchre)

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

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

Northern Pintail at Taudaha Kathmandu
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 11 March 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Barn Swallow

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Hirundo rustica
Nepali Name: घर गौंथली (Ghar Gauthali)

Barn Swallow in Shivapuri Kathmandu
Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,800m. 26 March, 2017. Photo: Sadeep Dangol