Thursday, March 16, 2017

COPPERSMITH BARBET

Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017
(*  827)               COPPERSMITH BARBET                      Megalaima haemacephala

NEPAL          

Found in deciduous biotope, especially with figs; open wooded country, groves and wooded gardens. 17 cm. Widespread resident, common.



BLACK STORK

Photographed at Beeshazar Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017
(*   258)                BLACK STORK                   Ciconia nigra

NEPAL            114

Found in marshes, rivers and cut-over paddy fields. 90-100 cm. Widespread winter visitor and passage migrant.



(juvenile)

GREY-HEADED FISH EAGLE







COMMON GREENSHANK

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017
 (*  417)                  COMMON GREENSHANK            Tringa nebularia

NEPAL           113

Found in wide range of wetlands. 30-34 cm. Mainly a common winter visitor.




BLACK BULBUL


Photographed in Chitwen NP, Nepal, March 2017
1033             BLACK BULBUL                  Hypsipetes leucocphalus

NEPAL           112      

Found mainly in broadleaf forests. 25 cm. Common and widespread resident.


















ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET

Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017
1032                ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET                   Psittacula eupatria

NEPAL            111

Found in riverine forests. 53 cm. Widespread resident, common in some protected areas and generally frequent or uncommon elsewhere.




















WOOLLY-NECKED STORK

Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017
(*  383)                   WOOLLY-NECKED STORK                       Ciconia episcopus

NEPAL             110  

Inhabits flooded grassland, marshes, irrigated fields and riverine areas: usually near open wooded country. 75-95 cm. Fairly common and widespread resident.


WHITE-BROWED WAGTAIL

Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017
1031             WHITE-BROWED WAGTAIL                   Mostacilla maderaspatensis

NEPAL              109

Riverbanks in broad valleys, pools and lakes. 21 cm. Fairly common widespread resident.




STEPPE EAGLE


1030               STEPPE EAGLE             Aquila nipalensis

NEPAL              108

Found on wooded hills, open country, lakes and large rivers. 76-80 cm. Fairly common and widespread winter visitor and passage migrant.

NOTE:   Globally threatened.        







COMMON TAILORBIRD

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017
(*  907)                 COMMON TAILORBIRD                Orthotomus sutorius

NEPAL                107

Found in bushes in gardens, cultivation edges and forest edges. 13 cm. Widespread resident.




BARN SWALLOW

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017
(*  805)             BARN SWALLOW                Hirundo rustica

NEPAL            106

Found in cultivation, towns, cities, and lakes and rivers in open country. 18 cm. Common resident and summer visitor.


RED-RUMPED SWALLOW

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017
1029              RED-RUMPED SWALLOW                Cecropis daurica

NEPAL               105

Breeds in habitation and forages nearby over cultivation and grassy slopes; winters in open country. 16-17 cm. Common resident.



COMMON REDSHANK

Photographed near Chitin, Nepal, March 2017
(*  804)           COMMON REDSHANK               Tringa erythropus

NEPAL                104

Found in marshes, along muddy edges of rivers and lakes. 27-29 cm. Locally frequent winter visitor and passage, migrant.



GADWELL

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017
1028              GADWELL                  Anas strepera

NEPAL             103      

Found in freshwater marshes and lakes with extensive aquatic and emergent vegetation. 39-43 cm. Locally fairly common winter visitor and passage migrant.


EUROPEAN WIGEON

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017
1027          EUROPEAN WIGEON             Anas penelope

NEPAL             102

Shallow waters, open lakes, reservoirs, rivers, pools and marshes. 45-51 cm. Winter visitor and passage migrant.




STRIATED BABBLER

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017
STRIATED BABBLER                   Turdoides earlei

NEPAL

Found in tall grasses and reed beds in damper habitats. 21 cm. Resident, locally common in protected areas, rare elsewhere.



GREAT MYNA

Photographed in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017
1025.                GREAT MYNA                       Acridotheres grandis

NEPAL                 100

Found in cultivation and grassland. 25 cm. Rare, very local resident, has bred in Koshi area in east; recently colonised Nepal and may spread.

NOTE: Formerly treated as conspecific with White-vented Myna A cinereus.