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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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Baya Weaver

Posted on November 5, 2022

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 Nepal. — Baya Weaver. Bardiya National Park, Bardiya, Nepal. 315 meters / 1,033 feet. 20 August, 2022. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Yellow-bellied Fantail

Posted on March 25, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Chelidorhynx hypoxantha
Nepali Name: पहेँलो मारुनीचरी (Pahelo Marunichari)

Chhatre Deurali, Dhading, Nepal. ~1,400m. 7 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

Posted on March 24, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Dendrocopos macei
Nepali Name: काष्ठकूट (Kasthakoot)

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker in Ranibari Kathmandu

Ranibari, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,300m. 1 April, 2017. Photo: Sadeep Dangol

Chhatre Deurali, Dhading, Nepal. ~1,400m. 7 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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White-capped Redstart

Posted on March 21, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
Nepali Name: सेतो टाउके जलखञ्जरी (Seto Tauke Jalkhanjari)

Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,400m. 31 December 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Sundarijal (Shivapuri-Nagarjung National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1500m. 31 December, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. A staple bird of Himalayan streams right from the lowlands to high mountains. Descends during the winter and goes up to breed.
2. Very territorial during the breeding season.
3. Rather animated and cheerful behavior.
4. Males have a slightly larger head cap.

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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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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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Himalayan Griffon

Posted on November 12, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Gyps himalayensis
Nepali Name: हिमाली गिद्ध (Himali Gidda)

Tukuche, Mustang, Nepal. ~2,600m. July 3, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Chisapani (Shivapuri-Nagarjung National Park), Sindhupalchok, Nepal. ~2100m. 2 January, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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

Chisapani (Shivapuri-Nagarjung National Park), Sindhupalchok, Nepal. ~2100m. 2 January, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. HUGE!!!
2. To get closeup shots, either catch them while they feed or near their roosting place before the thermals build up.
3. A brochure to locate vulture restaurants in Nepal, a commendable and highly successful conservation project: www.birdlifenepal.org/download.php?f=86

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