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Common Kingfisher

Posted on November 5, 2022

Alcedo atthis
Nepali Name: सानो माटिकोरे (Sano Matikore)

Common Kingfisher Nepal — Common Kingfisher. Nagdaha, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1,375 meters. 10 July, 2022. Photo: Sadeep Dangol.

Common Kingfisher — Bardiya National Park, Bardiya, Nepal. 170m. 30 April, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Crested Serpent Eagle

Posted on November 5, 2022 Updated on November 5, 2022

Spilornis cheela
Nepali Name: काकाकुल (Kakakul)

Crested Serpent Eagle Nepal — Crested Serpent Eagle. Bardiya National Park, Bardiya, Nepal. 315 meters / 1,033 feet. 21 August, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Crested Serpent Eagle — Siurung (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Lamjung, Nepal. ~1,860m. 12 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:

As its name suggests it is specialized reptile hunter, feeding on well snakes and lizards.
Calls incessantly

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Common Greenshank

Posted on January 6, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Tringa nebularia
Nepali Name: टिमटिमा (Timtimaa)

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 5 November, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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White Wagtail

Posted on November 27, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Motacilla alba
Nepali name: सेतो टिकटिके (Seto Tiktike)

Kokhethanti, Mustang, Nepal. 2,530m. 4 July, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Jayaram, Okhaldhunga, Nepal. 360m. 27 January, 2014. Photo: aB

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Jayaram, Okhaldhunga, Nepal. 360m. 27 January, 2014. Photo: aB

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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.

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Orange-flanked Bush Robin

Posted on March 5, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Tarsiger cyanurus
Nepali Name: सुन्तलाकोखे रबिन Suntalakokhe Robin

Bhakanje, Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2400m. 15 February, 2014. Photo: aB

Bhakanje, Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2400m.15 February, 2014. Photo: aB

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.

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Blue-fronted Redstart

Posted on January 11, 2014 Updated on November 14, 2020

Phoenicurcus frontalis
Nepali Name: निलटाउके खञ्जरी (Niltauke Khanjari)

Blue-fronted Redstart. Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,800m. 25 March, 2017. Photo: Sadeep Dangol

Blue-fronted Redstart — Lobuche (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 4,930m. 25 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Raniban Forest (Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1350m. 10 January, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Nagmati Khola (Shivapuri-Nagarjung National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1900m. 2 January, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Raniban Forest (Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1350m. 10 January, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Ulleri, Kaski, Nepal. ~1900m. 17 December, 2013. Photo: aB

Raniban Forest (Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1350m. 10 January, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

(female) Raniban Forest (Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1350m. 10 January, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Rather common altitudinal migrant.

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Common Sandpiper

Posted on December 6, 2013 Updated on November 11, 2020

Actitis hypoleucos
Nepali Name: चन्चले सुड्सुडीया (Chanchale Sudsudiya)

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. In Bagmati River near Chobhar their numbers peaks during January.
2. Usually solitary.
3. Found in close proximity to the Green Sandpiper with which it is reported to interbreed.
4. Flies swiftly just above the surface of the water.

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