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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

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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.
White-breasted Waterhen, Nepal, Taudaha
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 16 November, 2014. 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.

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Black-headed Gull

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Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Nepali Name: कालोटाउके गंगाचील

Black-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull. Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300 meters. 6 November, 2020. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Black-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull. Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300 meters. 6 November, 2020. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

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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

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Ferruginous Pochard

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Aythya nyroca
Nepali Name: मालक हाँस (Malak Haans)

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Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 4 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Ferruginous Duck
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 3 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

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Eurasian Sparrowhawk

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Accipiter nisus
Nepali Name: वनबाज Banbaaj

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 16 November, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Black-crowned Night Heron

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Nycticorax nycticorax
Nepali Name: बाँके बकुल्ला Banke Bakulla

Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 6 November, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
(immature) Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 22 April, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
(immature) Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 22 April, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Notes:
1. There were four immatures at Taudaha Mar 2014. Nest nearby??

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Hodgson’s Redstart

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Phoenicurus hodgsoni
Nepali Name:  तनकम्प खञ्जरी Tanakampa Khanjari

Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 6 November, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Ulleri, Kaski, Nepal. ~1900m. 17 December, 2013. Photo: aB

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Indian Pond Heron

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Nepali Name: आसकोटे बकुल्ला (Aaskote Bakulla)

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 22 April, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) Kalimati, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 18 June, 2013. Photo: aB
Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 8 January, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 8 January, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Notes:
1. The transformation this bird goes through from non-breeding to breeding plumage is just amazing.
2. Kind of hard to spot when resting. Flies off with a flash of white. Wonder how does that make sense evolutionarily?

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Common Coot

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Fulica atra
Nepali Name: मरूल (Marul)

Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 3 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 16 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 16 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 8 January, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha
Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal.1,300m. 30 January, 2013. Photo: Jay Shrestha

Notes:
1. One of the tamest birds in Taudaha. Winter visitor.

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