Birds of Nepal

Photo ID

Common Birds of Nepal with a Special Reference to Jhapa District

- Tapil P. Rai, 2019

"Dedication to Family"

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Front cover photo: Nesting of Lesser adjutant in Jhapa, Province I, Nepal

Accipiter badius     Shikra or Little banded goshawk

Acridotheres fuscus     Jungle myna

Acridotheres grandis     Great myna

Acridotheres tristis tristis     Common myna

Aegithina tiphia     Common iora

Aegypius monachus     Cinereous vulture     Location: Sunsari

 

Alcedo atthis bengalensis     Common kingfisher or Eurasian kingfisher

Amaurornis phoenicurus     White-breasted waterhen

Anastomus oscitans     Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork

Anhinga melanogaster     Oriental darter or Indian darter     Location: Chitwan National Park

Anthracoceros albirostris     Oriental pied hornbill

Ardea cinerea     Grey heron

Anthus rufulus     Paddyfield pipit or Oriental pipit

Ardea intermedia     Intermediate egret or Yellow-billed egret

Ardea purpurea     Purple heron     Location: Barju Lake, Sunsari

Ardeola grayii     Indian pond heron or Paddybird

Argya striata striata     Jungle babbler

Artamus fuscus     Ashy woodswallow or Ashy swallow-shrike     

Athene brama     Spotted owlet

Bubo nipalensis     Spot-bellied eagle owl

Bubulcus ibis     Cattle egret

Buceros bicornis     Great hornbill or Concave-casqued hornbill or Great pied hornbill     VULNERABLE

[Protected bird of Nepal]

Burhinus indicus     Indian thick-knee or Indian stone-curlew

Centropus sinensis     Greater coucal or Crow pheasant

Ceryle rudis     Pied kingfisher

Chalcophaps indica     Common emerald dove     Location: Chitwan National Park

Charadrius dubius     Little ringed plover     Location: Barju Lake, Sunsari

Chloropsis aurifrons     Golden-fronted leafbird

Ciconia episcopus     Wooly-necked stork

Ciconia nigra     Black stork (large birds)     Location: Bardia National Park

Cinnyris asiaticus (Female)     Purple sunbird

Clamator jacobinus     Jacobin cuckoo or Pied crested cuckoo

Copsychus malabaricus     White-rumped shama

Copsychus saularis     Oriental magpie-robin

Coracias benghalensis benghalensis     Indian roller

Coracina macei     Large cuckooshrike

Corvus macrorhynchos     Large-billed crow or Jungle crow     

Corvus splendens splendens     House crow or Grey-necked crow or Colombo crow

Cuculus micropterus     Indian cuckoo

Culicicapa ceylonensis     Grey-headed canary flycatcher

Dendrocitta vagabunda     Rufous treepie

Dendrocopos macei     Fulvous-breasted woodpecker

Dendrocygna javanica     Lesser whistling duck

Dicrurus hottentottus     Hair-crested drongo or Spangled drongo

Dicrurus leucophaeus     Ashy drongo     Location: Chitwan National Park

Dicrurus macrocercus     Black drongo

Dicrurus paradiseus     Greater racket-tailed drongo

Dinopium benghalense     Black-rumped flameback or Lesser golden-backed woodpecker

Egretta garzetta     Little egret    

Elanus caeruleus     Black-winged kite

Enicurus immaculatus     Black-backed forktail

Eremopterix griseus (Female)     Ashy-crowned sparrow lark

Eudynamys scolopaceus (Male)     Asian koel

Eumyias thalassinus     Verditer flycatcher     Location: Mulkharkha, Ilam

Falco chicquera     Red-necked falcon

Ficedula albicilla     Taiga flycatcher

Fulica atra     Eurasian coot     Location: Barju Lake, Sunsari

Gallus gallus     Red junglefowl

Geokichla citrina     Orange-headed thrush

Glaucidium radiatum     Jungle owlet or Barred jungle owlet

Gracula religiosa     Common hill myna or Hill myna or Myna bird

Gracupica contra contra     Pied myna or Asian pied starling

Gyps himalayensis     Himalayan vulture or Himalayan griffon vulture

Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis     White-throated kingfisher or White-breasted kingfisher

Haliaeetus ichthyaetus     Grey-headed fish eagle     Location: Chitwan National Park

Hierococcyx varius     Common hawk cuckoo or Brain fever bird

Hirundo rustica     Barn swallow     Location: Mai Municipality, Ilam

Hydrophasianus chirurgus     Pheasant-tailed jacana (Non-breeding)     Location: Barju Lake, Sunsari

Ixobrychus sinensis     Yellow bittern

Ixos mcclellandii     Mountain bulbul     Location: Lumle, Kaski

Ketupa zeylonensis     Brown fish owl

Lalage melaschistos     Black-winged cuckooshrike or Dark grey cuckooshrike

Lanius cristatus cristatus (Female)     Brown shrike

Lanius schach tricolor     Long-tailed shrike or Black-headed shrike

Lanius tephronotus     Grey-backed shrike

Leptoptilos javanicus     Lesser adjutant     VULNERABLE

Lonchura punctulata punctulata     Scaly-breasted munia or Spotted munia

Lonchura striata     White-rumped munia or White-rumped manikin

Lophura leucomelanos melanota     Kalij pheasant     Location: Ilam

Mareca strepera     Gadwall     Location: Taudaha Lake, Kirtipur

Merops leschenaulti     Chestnut-headed bee-eater

Merops orientalis orientalis     Green bee-eater or Little green bee-eater

Merops philippinus     Blue-tailed bee-eater

Metopidius indicus     Bronze-winged jacana

Microcarbo niger     Little cormorant

Microhierax caerulescens     Collared falconet

Motacilla alba alba     White wagtail

Motacilla flava beema     Yellow wagtail

Motacilla maderaspatensis     White-browed wagtail     Location: Chitwan National Park

Myiomela leucura     White-tailed robin

Myophonus caeruleus     Blue whistling thrush     Location: Butwal, Rupandehi

Neophron percnopterus     Egyptian vulture     ENDANGERED     Location: Kawasoti, Nawalparasi

Nycticorax nycticorax (Juvenile)     Black-crowned night heron

Nyctyornis athertoni     Blue-bearded bee-eater

Oriolus kundoo     Indian golden oriole

Oriolus xanthornus     Black-hooded oriole

Orthotomus sutorius     Common tailorbird

Otus bakkamoena     Indian scops owl

Parus major     Great tit     Location: Ilam

Passer domesticus     House sparrow

Pavo cristatus (Male)     Indian peafowl

Pelargopsis capensis     Stork-billed kingfisher

Pellorneum ruficeps     Puff-throated babbler     Location: Mai Municipality, Ilam

Pericrocotus speciosus     (Male left and Female right)     Scarlet minivet

Pernis ptilorhynchus     Oriental / Crested honey buzzard     Location: Chitwan National Park

Phalacrocorax carbo     Great cormorant     Location: Taudaha Lake, Kirtipur

Phoenicurus leucocephalus     White-capped redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros     Black redstart

Picus canus     Grey-headed woodpecker or Black-naped woodpecker

Picus chlorolophus     Lesser yellownape

Ploceus philippinus     Baya weaver

Porphyrio porphyrio     Purple swamphen     Location: Barju Lake, Sunsari

Prinia crinigera     Himalayan prinia or Striated prinia     Location: Lumle, Kaski

Prinia inornata     Plain prinia or White-browed wren-warbler

Pseudibis papillosa     Black ibis or Red-naped ibis

Psilopogon asiaticus     Blue-throated barbet

Psilopogon haemacephalus     Coppersmith barbet

Psilopogon lineatus     Lineated barbet

Psittacula cyanocephala (Male)     Plum-headed parakeet

Psittacula eupatria (Adult)     Alexandrine parakeet     NEAR THREATENED

Psittacula krameri     Rose-ringed parakeet or Ring-necked parakeet

Pterorhinus pectoralis     Greater necklaced laughingthrush

Pycnonotus cafer     Red-vented bulbul

Pycnonotus flaviventris     Black-crested bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus     Red-whiskered bulbul     Location: Chitwan National Park

Pycnonotus leucogenys     Himalayan bulbul or White-cheeked bulbul     Location: Pokhara

Rhipidura albicollis     White-throated fantail

Saxicola caprata     Pied bush chat     Location: Kirtipur

Saxicola torquatus (Female)     Common stonechat

Spilopelia chinensis     Spotted dove

Spilornis cheela     Crested serpent eagle

Streptopelia decacoto     Eurasian collared dove

Streptopelia orientalis     Oriental turtle dove or Rufous turtle dove

Streptopelia tranquebarica     Red collared dove or Red turtle dove

Sturnia malabarica     Chestnut-tailed starling or Grey-headed myna

Tachybaptus ruficollis     Little grebe or Dabchick     Location: Barju Lake, Sunsari

Tadorna ferruginea     Ruddy shelduck     Location: Rapti river, Chitwan

Threskiornis melanocephalus     Black-headed ibis or Indian white ibis

Treron curvirostra (Female)     Thick-billed green pigeon

Treron phoenicoptera     Yellow-footed green pigeon

Tringa ochropus     Green sandpiper

Turdus atrogularis (Male)     Black-throated thrush

Tyto alba     Common barn owl

Upupa epops     Common hoopoe

Urocissa erythroryncha     Red-billed blue magpie     Location: Butwal, Rupandehi

Vanellus cinereus     Grey-headed lapwing

Vanellus duvaucelii     River lapwing

Vanellus indicus indicus     Red-wattled lapwing

Zosterops palpebrosus     Indian white-eye     Location: Chitwan National Park

Back cover photo: Nesting colony of Asian openbill stork in Jhapa, Province I, Nepal

© All above bird photos are taken by the author and are documented from Jhapa district unless its location is mentioned. The species are kept alphabetically rather than in a scientific order with a sole purpose of easy use.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Person: Carol Inskipp (for identification), Sabilb Rai (for mirrorless camera), Samiksha  Rai (Research Assistant).

Literature: Prof. Dr. Kalu Ram Rai, Prof. Dr. Madan Koirala, Tulasi Prasad Dahal and Binod Shrestha.

Organization: TK Co., Turtle Rescue and Conservation Centre-TRCC, ARCO-Nepal, SUMMEF / Park and Department of Environmental Science, Mechi Multiple Campus.

REFERENCES

Ali, S. and Futehally, L. (1967). Common Birds. National Book Trust, India.

Baral, H.S. & C. Inskipp (2005). Important Bird Areas in Nepal: key sites for conservation. Bird Conservation Nepal and BirdLife International, Kathmandu, Nepal and Cambridge, UK.

Baral, R. (2018). Birds of Annapurna Conservation Area. National Trust for Nature Conservation, Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Pokhara, Nepal.

Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation and Bird Conservation Nepal (2018). Birds of Nepal: An Official Checklist, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T. (1998). Birds of the Indian subcontinent. Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, New Delhi.

Grimmett R., Inskipp C., Inskipp, T. and Baral, H. S. (2016). Birds of Nepal (Revised edition). Christopher Helm, London, UK.

Koirala, M. (2003). Trekker’s guide book on Birds and Mammals of Annapurna Conservation Area. 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking & EWN, Pokhara, Nepal.

Shrestha, T. K. (2003). Wildlife of Nepal (2^nd ed.). Mrs. Bimala Shrestha, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Citation: Rai, T. P. (2019). Photo ID: Common Birds of Nepal with a Special Reference to Jhapa District. https://tapilrai.blogspot.com/2019/12/photo-identification-77-common-birds-of.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwAR1ywwuJyiRv4wX9ZwhVpBNWpwwGOU3yab4AaDsWVIirpPR9_wPPV_mkNcc

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