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Rufous-breasted Accentor

Posted on February 3, 2015 Updated on November 11, 2020

Nepali Name: मुसे लेकचरी (Muse Lekchari)

Rufous-breasted Accentor (Prunella strophiata). Laurebina, Rasuwa, Nepal. 3,617m. 31 May, 2009. Photo: aB

Deboche (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 3,740m. 13 January, 2015. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

This entry was posted in Passeriformes, Prunellinae and tagged accentor, Bird, birds of nepal, birdwatching, Deboche, gosaikunda, langtang, laurebina, nepal, photography, rufous-breasted accentor, wildlife photography.

Yellow-billed Chough

Posted on August 21, 2014 Updated on November 14, 2020

Pyrrhocorax graculus
Nepali Name: टेमु (Temu)

Yellow-billed Chough. Lobuche (Everest Region), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 4,940 meters. 1 April, 2019. Photo: Sadeep Dangol

Pheriche (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 4,250m. 23 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) Tserko Ri (Langtang Valley), Rasuwa, Nepal. 5,033m. 3 June, 2009. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Notes:
1. If properly trained, this is a bird that could make mountaineering legends and that too without supplemental oxygen. Has been reported from camps as high as 8,000m in Everest.

This entry was posted in Corvini, Passeriformes and tagged Bird, birds, birds of nepal, chough, EBC Trek, Everest Base Camp Trek, fauna, high-altitude, langtang, nepal, Pheriche, photography, tserko ri, wildlife photography, yellow-billed chough.

Lammergeier

Posted on June 30, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Gypaetus barbatus
Nepali Name: हाडफोर (Haadfor)

Milarepa Cave (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Manang, Nepal. ~4,000m. 6 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus). Tserko Ri (Langtang Valley), Rasuwa, Nepal. 5,033m. 3 June, 2009. Photo: aB

Notes:
1. Bird with the longest wingspan in Nepal with some upto 9ft. It is a quite an experience to have this bird fly up close, its like a glider tearing through the air.
2. The word “Lammergeier” means Lamb-Eagle and incorrectly ascribes the Golden Eagle’s property of livestock depredation to this rather docile bird.
3. Its Nepali Name Haadfor however rightly describes its preference for bone fragments which it acquires by dropping large bones from great heights.
4. Personally, I find the Lammergeier one of the most magnificent of the birds.

This entry was posted in Accipitrinae, Ciconiiformes and tagged Bearded Vulture, Bird, birds, birds of nepal, birdwatching, lammergeier, langtang, Langtang Trek, nepal, photography, tserko ri, wildlife photography.