BHUTAN 2003
“Monals at Dawn or Pheasants in Profusion
‘Stop, stop! On the road’ exclaimed a client. Our vehicle jerked to a halt and there,
wandering off the right side of the road no more than 20 feet in front, was a fantastic
multicoloured male Himalayan Monal.
What a beast! Like an oversized
fluorescent Turkey it had us transfixed.
We bailed out quietly and peered down slope in the direction he’d
gone. Nothing - he’d clearly had enough
and so we wandered back up the road searching for a different vantage
point. Now it was someone else’s turn
to spot something on the road…an enchanting pair of Blood Pheasants. No more than 40 feet away they were also
aware of our presence. He wanted to
leave but his mate was in no hurry and they ended up crossing the highway
before eventually scurrying off up slope...
A Satyr Tragopan started to call behind us. We’d heard perhaps a dozen or so by now and had tried to no avail
to tape lure a number of these magical creatures in to view. Nonetheless Paul checked this one out and,
lo and behold, there it was! An
apparition in the shape of a fantastic male perched in plain view on the top of
a metre high broken stump! Birds
shouldn’t be this big and this colour, and if they are shouldn’t they stay
hidden? All three encounters had taken
place within the space of five minutes, yes five minutes! What’s more, excellent though our views had
been, we would later improve on them with all three species! This is birding in Bhutan.
Paul’s in no doubt that this tiny kingdom hosts what’s
arguably the best birding on the planet, and after a morning like we’d just
had, who could argue? Shortly after our
Thrumsing La morning, a morning we relived umpteen times on the tour and will
no-doubt continue to relive umpteen times more, Heather came up with the
monikers Monals at Dawn & Pheasants in Profusion. Perfect!
As on nearly every tour groups invariably discuss how we’re
doing compared to previous trips and how we’re shaping up to their expectations. I’ve lost count now of how many times I’ve
said that the Bhutan tours just can’t get better…and yet they do. Year after year they just keep getting
better. Where will it end? Last year we found two new birds for Bhutan
- this year we didn’t find any but just look at the list of specialities that
we did stumble into:
Blood Pheasant, Satyr Tragopan,
Himalayan Monal, Kalij Pheasant, Yellow-rumped Honeyguide, Rufous-necked
Hornbill, Ward's Trogon, Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo, White-throated Needletail,
Mountain Scops Owl, Pin-tiled Green Pigeon, Black-tailed Crake, Solitary Snipe,
Ibisbill, Pallas’s Fish Eagle, Lammergeier, Collared Treepie, White-gorgeted
Flycatcher, Rufous-breasted Bush Robin, Blue-fronted Robin, Beautiful Nuthatch,
7 species of wren babbler including Long-billed, Rufous-throated, Bar-winged,
Spotted and Wedge-billed, Cutia, Black-headed Shrike Babbler, Golden-breasted
Fulvetta, Yellow-throated and Rufous-winged Fulvettas, White-naped Yuhina,
Great, Brown, Black-throated and Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill, Tibetan
Siskin, Blanford’s Rosefinch, Dark-rumped Rosefinch, Crimson-browed and Scarlet
Finches and Gold-naped Finch.
Awesome, really awesome!
The tour started well with gorgeous weather and a
spectacular flight from Delhi right along the Himalayan chain and in to
Bhutan. Ibisbill soon found its way on
to our rapidly maturing Bhutanese lists – additional birds were even visible
from the front of our hotel in Thimpu!
It was to get significantly better the following day on the Dochu
La. Several stunning encounters with
Fire-tailed Myzornis and our first tragopan experience were the pre-breakfast
highlights. The latter an encounter
with a calling male that responded modestly to the tape, started to head
towards us and started to call again but eventually lost interest and just
never came quite close enough. After
investing almost an hour on this bird we were subsequently treated to an
excellent close range encounter with a female at the top of the pack-horse
trail without even trying! Highlight of
the day however was a fabulous encounter with a pair of Ward’s Trogon on the
eastern side of pass. They took a while
to respond to the tape, but once with us they were reluctant to leave and
showed us their fronts, their sides, their backs and even called for us. Fantastic.
We spent day two in the Mo Chhu valley. No major rarities here though we did get good looks at both Lesser Shortwing and Spotted Wren Babbler…and of course there were the spectacular views of Punakha dzong, one of Bhutan’s finest, on the drive back to our guest house. The following day saw us climbing past Wangdi to a gorgeous breakfast stop. Here, at a site overlooking the Dang Chhu valley about 15kms below Nobding, we were treated to a moderate raptor passage – two Steppe and a few Mountain Hawk, plus a fine Rufous-bellied Hawk Eagle. On from there we found parties of Tibetan Siskin and Yellow-breasted Greenfinch before stumbling in to a new site for Yellow-rumped Honeyguide! It rained hard at lunch. No that’s wrong. It rained very hard at lunch but we’d no sooner finished than the rain stopped and the sun came back out. Moments later we were treated to exquisite looks at what over the years has become on of Bhutan’s most difficult specialities - an enchanting Bar-winged Wren Babbler. Major renovations to Gangtey Gompa meant that access to our neighbouring guesthouse was through an active timber yard - probably a first for a Sunbird tour! We had a good night here however, not too cold and mercifully there were very few barking dogs.
The following morning saw us crossing the second of our major road passes, the Pele La, and entering central Bhutan. We duly found a spectacular Lammergeier only the second one that we’ve encountered on all the Sunbird Bhutan trips. Moments later we found another! An inquisitive pair of Brown were the first of our first of four species of parrotbill on the tour but they were soon over shadowed by a superb Black-tailed Crake.
Another sit-down meal (we’d already given instructions to our crew to cut down on the volume) before we headed on past the Nepalese style chorten at Chenebji. Continuing on past Banglapokto with its teasing Broad-billed Warbler to Trongsa where Sundo, our enchanting hostess, ensured that we wouldn’t stay in downtown Trongsa ever again.
Day seven, yes we were already one week in to the tour, saw us heading south down the Shemgang road. Stopping for pre-breakfast appointments with several White-tailed and a fine male Indian Blue Robin, another honeyguide and a pair of Little Forktails didn’t delay us too long, and we reached a pre-ordained spot just short of Shemgang for lunch. A 15 minute walk, that’s what we’d have. A 15 minute walk before lunch. We probably didn’t walk more than 600 metres but I’ll bet we were gone for well over an hour - so long that Kandu and Caka had eaten their lunch and were on their way to come and look for us! We’d stopped here to search for Beautiful Nuthatch, and that’s exactly what we saw. Three of them no less, and one who’s performance exceeded our wildest dreams. It stayed with us for about 15 minutes and at times was down to about 10 metres range! We knew then what the end of the tour’s Bird of the Trip would be!
On from there to our camp site, not the one we expected to be staying at since that was occupied by the BirdQuest group, but an alternative. Initially a little deflated at not being able to stay where we’d planned, things actually worked to our benefit. Hill Prinias, Oriental Cuckoos, Bay Woodpeckers and Rufous-necked Hornbills all performed within walking distance of our tents while a Mountain Scops Owl was lured in to view on the very first night. We’d planned to spend three nights camping here but did so well on the first two days (with more views of a different pair of nest building Beautiful Nuthatches plus diminutive Rufous-faced Warblers and spectacular Great Hornbills to mention but a few) meant that we altered our itinerary and headed back to Trongsa a day early. Our intention was to spend an extra day, the one we gained by cleaning up quickly, on the upper Limithang road. (Things worked out so well that Paul has now re-jigged the tour itinerary for the Sunbird 2004 Bhutan trip).
The next day, the day we travelled east from Trongsa over
the Yotong La to Jakar was relatively quiet, perhaps the quietest of the entire
tour but the day after that, Wednesday the 23rd, was
phenomenal. This was our Monals at
Dawn day. Not that things end
there. A pair of Great Parrotbills
followed on soon after the pheasant performance while a male Rufous-breasted
Bush Robin showed, albeit briefly, on the eastern side of the mighty Thrumsing
La. Further down a pair of Dark-rumped
and then no less than four Blanford’s Rosefinches also obliged. But the day belonged to the pheasants – the
magnificent monal, the tragopan and the encounters with no less than 17 Blood
Pheasants (12 seen and at least five others heard)!
Camping at Sengor worked like a treat and a tragopan was even heard from the dining tent. But it was to get better…The following morning saw us back tracking – a solitary Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler almost came close enough to touch and then there was another tragopan. Admirably spotted from the moving vehicle it remained in view for perhaps 10 minutes, quite unconcerned about our presence. This then was the Limithang road. First class or what?
Heading lower we drove through Sengor before stopping for lunch just past the awesome Namling waterfall and cliffs. A fly-by party of Speckled Woodpigeons left a lot to be desired as did our first encounter with a Long-billed Wren Babbler. The latter, along with Rusty-bellied Shortwing one of the two major prizes on last year’s Sunbird Bhutan tour. This year’s first bird showed quite well but not until it had made sure that the sun had almost set and it was dark!
And so we headed to our third camp, at site that became
affectionately known as the Yongkola cow muck camp, or something like
that! One again our crew had excelled
themselves. The large walk-in tents
each with their camp beds, blankets and sheets, our mess tent, shower and
latrine tents were all ready and waiting as were copious supplies of hot water
for showering!
We had two more full days on the lower Limithang road and
the weather stayed kind. It did rain,
but only when it didn’t affect our birding very much. We spent time searching out the area’s specialities and once
again luck was on our side. Highlights
of our first day included stupendous views of a pair of very responsive Wedge-billed
Wren Babblers. These were soon followed
by a fine Rufous-throated and then another Long-billed Wren Babbler. The latter really was something. It came right in, sat still, turned slowly,
sang, called and then left…only to repeat the performance seconds later.
Saturday the 26th produced encounters with a
typically obliging party of 15 or so Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbills and 10
Rusty-fronted Barwings, plus two Red-faced Liocichlas. And these were all before breakfast. After our meal we tallied no less than four
Blue-fronted Robins. Normally one of
the most skulking passerines on the planet this year was different and two
birds were actually seen, one of them amazingly well.
Eventually it was time to leave the Limithang road. Were we happy? We certainly were happy, not to be leaving but content in the
knowledge that we’d done well, done really well. We’d still five more days of the tour remaining and we filled
them with memorable encounters with the likes of Scarlet Finch, Broad-billed Warbler
and a superb Black-headed Shrike Babbler.
Heading back west we spent time at new sites and time at old
favourites. We saw another cooperative
monal on the Pele La and for a moment we were distracted from it, not by
another, but this time by an injured Blyth’s Pipit.
The list of birds is almost endless but there really was far
more to our Bhutan trip than just a record breaking bird list. But there’s much, much more to this tour
than just the birds. Rather it’s the whole ‘Bhutanese experience’ that makes
these trips so fantastically enjoyable.
It’s the first class service provided by our ground agents, the
excellent food and the sit-down meals in the field, the comfortable campsites
and their eagerness to please. They
did, and always have done, an excellent job.
And then there’s Bhutan itself, a fantastic place - one that
justifiably lays claim to the ‘Shangri La’ title. The introduction to the excellent Lonely Planet guide to Bhutan starts with ‘Bhutan is not an
ordinary place.’ It certainly isn’t and
the Bhutanese government is eager to keep it that way. It’s a fascinating place where many of the
men still wear their traditional national dress, where smartly dressed Buddhist
monks are commonplace and where almost everyone wears a smile. Bhutan is rich in surprises, not only
ornithological ones. There’s the rich
and varied scenery, the towering mountain peaks so well displayed on the flight
into Paro, the country’s only airport, and the narrow mountain gorges. There are the lush, and often impenetrable
low, mid and high altitude forests, the extensive stands of bamboo and the
gorgeous blossoming rhododendrons and magnolias. So often compared to Switzerland there are obvious similarities,
but just as many unique features. There
are the fantastic dzongs, or fortress-monasteries, that are scattered around
the country, the myriad chortens and multicoloured, fluttering prayer flags,
the traditional houses with their drying lofts and wooden shingle roofs. It’s impossible to soak it all up - try as
we did…” Paul Holt.
Bird List:
The order,
English and scientific names follow those used in Inskipp T., Lindsey, N. &
Duckworth, W. An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region. Oriental Bird Club. 1996.
As on all
Sunbird tours species are only included on this list if they were seen, or
heard, by the leader and at least one participant.
Key to the
status codes:
Column 1 = total number of days that the species was
recorded
Column 2 = maximum
daily count for that particular species
H = denotes
a species that was heard but was not seen
(H) = denotes a species that was heard more often
than it was seen
I = a species that was only recorded in India
|
Black Francolin |
1 |
1 |
|
I |
Francolinus
francolinus |
|
Hill Partridge |
10 |
2 |
H |
|
Arborophila
torqueola |
|
Rufous-throated Partridge |
6 |
6 |
H |
|
Arborophila
rufogularis |
|
Chestnut-breasted Partridge |
1 |
1 |
H |
|
Arborophila
mandellii |
|
Blood Pheasant |
2 |
17 |
|
|
Ithaginis
cruentus |
|
Satyr Tragopan |
7 |
5 |
(H) |
|
Tragopan
satyra |
|
Himalayan Monal |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Lophophorus
impejanus |
|
Red Junglefowl |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Gallus gallus |
|
Kalij Pheasant |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Lophura
leucomelanos |
|
Grey Peacock Pheasant |
1 |
2 |
H |
|
Polyplectron bicalcaratum |
|
Bar-headed Goose |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Anser indicus |
|
Ruddy Shelduck
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
Tadorna
ferruginea |
|
Gadwall |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Anas strepera |
|
Eurasian Wigeon
|
4 |
20 |
|
|
Anas penelope |
|
Spot-billed Duck |
1 |
20 |
|
I |
Anas p. poecilorhyncha |
|
Northern Shoveler
|
2 |
8 |
|
|
Anas clypeata |
|
Northern Pintail |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Anas acuta |
|
Garganey |
1 |
10 |
|
|
Anas querquedula |
|
Common Pochard |
1 |
6 |
|
I |
Aythya ferina |
|
Tufted Duck |
3 |
10 |
|
|
Aythya fuligula |
|
Common Merganser
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
Mergus
merganser |
|
Yellow-rumped Honeyguide |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Indicator
xanthonotus |
|
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Dendrocopos canicapillus |
|
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker |
2 |
4 |
|
|
Dendrocopos
hyperythrus |
|
Crimson-breasted Woodpecker |
5 |
2 |
|
|
Dendrocopos
cathpharius |
|
Darjeeling Woodpecker |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Dendrocopos darjellensis |
|
Rufous Woodpecker |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Celeus brachyurus |
|
Lesser Yellownape
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
Picus
chlorolophus |
|
Bay Woodpecker
|
9 |
3 |
(H) |
|
Blythipicus
pyrrhotis |
|
Great Barbet |
13 |
20 |
(H) |
|
Megalaima
virens |
|
Golden-throated Barbet |
9 |
10 |
(H) |
|
Megalaima
franklinii |
|
Blue-throated Barbet
|
2 |
6 |
(H) |
|
Megalaima
asiatica |
|
Great Hornbill |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Buceros bicornis |
|
Rufous-necked Hornbill |
5 |
8 |
|
|
Aceros
nipalensis |
|
Common Hoopoe |
5 |
2 |
|
|
Upupa epops |
|
Ward's Trogon |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Harpactes
wardi |
|
Common Kingfisher
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
Alcedo atthis |
|
White-throated Kingfisher |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Halcyon
smyrnensis |
|
Crested Kingfisher
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
Megaceryle
lugubris |
|
Blue-bearded Bee-eater |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Nyctyornis
athertoni |
|
Green Bee-eater |
1 |
10 |
|
I |
Merops orientalis |
|
Large Hawk Cuckoo
|
14 |
8 |
(H) |
|
Cuculus
sparverioides |
|
Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo
|
6 |
6 |
(H) |
|
Hierococcyx
fugax |
|
Indian Cuckoo |
6 |
2 |
H |
|
Cuculus
micropterus |
|
Common Cuckoo |
8 |
2 |
H |
|
Cuculus
canorus |
|
Oriental Cuckoo
|
14 |
7 |
(H) |
|
Cuculus
saturatus |
|
Banded Bay Cuckoo |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Cacomantis sonneratii |
|
Asian Emerald Cuckoo
|
3 |
4 |
(H) |
|
Chrysococcyx
maculatus |
|
Drongo Cuckoo |
3 |
3 |
H |
|
Surniculus
lugubris |
|
Asian Koel |
1 |
4 |
(H) |
I |
Eudynamys
scolopacea |
|
Greater Coucal
|
1 |
3 |
H |
I |
Centropus
sinensis |
|
Rose-ringed Parakeet
|
1 |
10 |
|
I |
Psittacula
krameri |
|
Himalayan Swiftlet
|
6 |
50 |
|
|
Collocalia
brevirostris |
|
White-throated Needletail |
2 |
22 |
|
|
Hirundapus
caudacutus |
|
Asian Palm Swift
|
1 |
4 |
|
|
Cypsiurus
balasiensis |
|
Fork-tailed Swift
|
9 |
60 |
|
|
Apus
pacificus |
|
Mountain Scops Owl
|
7 |
3 |
(H) |
|
Otus
spilocephalus |
|
Collared Scops Owl
|
6 |
1 |
H |
|
Otus
bakkamoena |
|
Collared Owlet
|
9 |
5 |
(H) |
|
Glaucidium
brodiei |
|
Asian Barred Owlet
|
4 |
3 |
H |
|
Glaucidium
cuculoides |
|
Grey Nightjar |
5 |
1 |
(H) |
|
Caprimulgus
indicus |
|
Rock Pigeon |
14 |
100 |
|
|
Columba livia |
|
Speckled Wood Pigeon
|
2 |
10 |
|
|
Columba
hodgsonii |
|
Oriental Turtle Dove
|
15 |
30 |
|
|
Streptopelia
orientalis |
|
Laughing Dove |
1 |
6 |
|
I |
Streptopelia senegalensis |
|
Spotted Dove |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Streptopelia
chinensis |
|
Eurasian Collared Dove |
1 |
20 |
|
I |
Streptopelia
decaocto |
|
Barred Cuckoo Dove
|
5 |
2 |
|
|
Macropygia
unchall |
|
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon |
1 |
3 |
|
I |
Treron phoenicoptera |
|
Pin-tailed Green Pigeon |
1 |
7 |
|
|
Treron apicauda |
|
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon |
1 |
1 |
H |
|
Treron sphenura |
|
Mountain Imperial Pigeon |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Ducula badia |
|
Black-tailed Crake |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Porzana bicolor |
|
Purple Swamphen |
1 |
10 |
|
I |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
|
Common Moorhen |
1 |
1 |
|
I |
Gallinula chloropus |
|
Eurasian Coot |
1 |
8 |
|
I |
Fulica atra |
|
Solitary Snipe
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
Gallinago
solitaria |
|
Wood Sandpiper
|
1 |
20 |
|
|
Tringa
glareola |
|
Common Sandpiper
|
4 |
6 |
|
|
Actitis
hypoleucos |
|
Little Stint |
1 |
300 |
|
I |
Calidris minuta |
|
Temminck’s Stint |
1 |
4 |
|
I |
Calidris
temminckii |
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
2 |
|
I |
Calidris ferruginea |
|
Ruff |
1 |
20 |
|
I |
Philomachus pugnax |
|
Ibisbill |
3 |
6 |
|
|
Ibidorhyncha
struthersii |
|
Black-winged Stilt |
1 |
30 |
|
I |
Himantopus himantopus |
|
Pied Avocet |
1 |
29 |
|
I |
Recurvirostra avosetta |
|
Little Ringed Plover
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
Charadrius
dubius |
|
River Lapwing |
3 |
30 |
|
|
Vanellus
duvaucelii |
|
Red-wattled Lapwing
|
1 |
20 |
|
|
Vanellus
indicus |
|
Small Pratincole |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Glareola lactea |
|
Brown-headed Gull |
1 |
4 |
|
I |
Larus brunnicephalus |
|
Whiskered Tern |
1 |
80 |
|
I |
Chlidonias hybridus |
|
Oriental Honey Buzzard |
1 |
1 |
|
I |
Pernis
ptilorhynchus |
|
Black Kite |
2 |
100 |
|
|
Milvus
migrans |
|
Pallas’s Fish Eagle
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
Haliaeetus
leucoryphus |
|
Lammergeier |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Gypaetus barbatus |
|
Himalayan Griffon
|
3 |
15 |
|
|
Gyps
himalayensis |
|
Crested Serpent Eagle
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
Spilornis
cheela |
|
Besra |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Accipiter virgatus |
|
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Accipiter
nisus |
|
Common Buzzard
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Buteo buteo |
|
Black Eagle |
4 |
2 |
|
|
Ictinaetus
malayensis |
|
Steppe Eagle |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Aquila
nipalensis |
|
Rufous-bellied Eagle
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Hieraaetus
kienerii |
|
Mountain Hawk Eagle
|
9 |
4 |
|
|
Spizaetus
nipalensis |
|
Common Kestrel |
7 |
2 |
|
|
Falco
tinnunculus |
|
Little Grebe |
1 |
2 |
|
I |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
|
Little Cormorant
|
1 |
4 |
|
I |
Phalacrocorax
niger |
|
Indian Cormorant |
1 |
6 |
|
I |
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis |
|
Great Cormorant
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
Phalacrocorax carbo |
|
Little Egret |
1 |
2 |
|
I |
Egretta
garzetta |
|
Great Egret |
1 |
4 |
|
I |
Casmerodius
albus |
|
Grey Heron |
1 |
5 |
|
I |
Ardea cinerea |
|
Purple Heron |
1 |
2 |
|
I |
Ardea purpurea |
|
Cattle Egret |
1 |
6 |
|
I |
Bubulcus ibis |
|
Indian Pond Heron
|
1 |
10 |
|
I |
Ardeola
grayii |
|
Greater Flamingo |
1 |
300 |
|
I |
Phoenicopterus ruber |
|
Painted Stork |
1 |
6 |
|
I |
Mycteria leucocephala |
|
Long-tailed Broadbill
|
3 |
3 |
(H) |
|
Psarisomus
dalhousiae |
|
Orange-bellied Leafbird |
6 |
4 |
|
|
Chloropsis
hardwickii |
|
Long-tailed Shrike
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
Lanius schach
tricolor |
|
“ “ “ |
1 |
1 |
|
|
“ “ schach |
|
Grey-backed Shrike
|
9 |
10 |
|
|
Lanius
tephronotus |
|
Eurasian
Jay |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Garrulus
glandarius |
|
Yellow-billed
Blue Magpie |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Urocissa flavirostris |
|
Grey Treepie |
8 |
10 |
|
|
Dendrocitta
formosae |
|
Collared Treepie |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Dendrocitta frontalis |
|
Black-billed Magpie
|
3 |
6 |
|
|
Pica pica |
|
Spotted Nutcracker
|
9 |
12 |
|
|
Nucifraga
caryocatactes |
|
Red-billed Chough
|
7 |
100 |
|
|
Pyrrhocorax
pyrrhocorax |
|
House Crow |
1 |
100 |
|
I |
Corvus
splendens |
|
Large-billed Crow
|
16 |
50 |
|
|
Corvus
macrorhynchos |
|
Maroon Oriole |
8 |
10 |
|
|
Oriolus
traillii |
|
Black-winged Cuckooshrike |
10 |
6 |
(H) |
|
Coracina
melaschistos |
|
Grey-chinned Minivet
|
10 |
15 |
|
|
Pericrocotus
solaris |
|
Long-tailed Minivet
|
10 |
14 |
|
|
Pericrocotus
ethologus |
|
Short-billed Minivet
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
Pericrocotus
brevirostris |
|
Scarlet Minivet
|
3 |
15 |
|
|
Pericrocotus
flammeus |
|
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Hemipus picatus |
|
Yellow-bellied Fantail
|
6 |
6 |
|
|
Rhipidura
hypoxantha |
|
White-throated Fantail |
6 |
6 |
|
|
Rhipidura
albicollis |
|
Black Drongo |
1 |
10 |
|
I |
Dicrurus
macrocercus |
|
Ashy Drongo |
11 |
20 |
|
|
Dicrurus
leucophaeus |
|
Bronzed Drongo |
2 |
20 |
|
|
Dicrurus aeneus |
|
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Dicrurus
remifer |
|
Spangled Drongo
|
2 |
15 |
|
|
Dicrurus
hottentotus |
|
Brown Dipper |
2 |
7 |
|
|
Cinclus
pallasii |
|
Blue-capped Rock Thrush |
7 |
10 |
|
|
Monticola
cinclorhynchus |
|
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush |
8 |
4 |
|
|
Monticola
rufiventris |
|
Blue Rock Thrush
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
Monticola
solitarius |
|
Blue Whistling Thrush
|
16 |
30 |
|
|
Myophonus
caeruleus |
|
Plain-backed Thrush |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Zoothera mollisima |
|
Scaly Thrush |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Zoothera
dauma |
|
White-collared Blackbird |
9 |
6 |
|
|
Turdus
albocinctus |
|
Grey-winged Blackbird
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
Turdus
boulboul |
|
Dark-throated Thrush |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Turdus ruficollis atrogularis |
|
Lesser Shortwing
|
5 |
5 |
(H) |
|
Brachypteryx
leucophrys |
|
White-browed Shortwing |
4 |
14 |
(H) |
|
Brachypteryx montana |
|
Dark-sided Flycatcher
|
9 |
3 |
|
|
Muscicapa
sibirica |
|
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher |
10 |
15 |
|
|
Ficedula
strophiata |
|
Red-throated Flycatcher |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Ficedula parva albicilla |
|
White-gorgeted Flycatcher |
3 |
2 |
(H) |
|
Ficedula
monileger |
|
Little Pied Flycatcher |
4 |
3 |
|
|
Ficedula
westermanni |
|
Ultramarine Flycatcher
|
4 |
4 |
|
|
Ficedula
superciliaris |
|
Slaty-blue Flycatcher
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
Ficedula
tricolor |
|
Verditer Flycatcher
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
Eumyias
thalassina |
|
Large Niltava |
4 |
4 |
(H) |
|
Niltava
grandis |
|
Small Niltava |
6 |
6 |
|
|
Niltava
macgrigoriae |
|
Rufous-bellied Niltava |
5 |
4 |
|
|
Niltava
sundara |
|
Pale Blue Flycatcher |
3 |
2 |
(H) |
|
Cyornis unicolor |
|
Blue-throated Flycatcher |
1 |
6 |
|
|
Cyornis rubeculoides |
|
Pygmy Blue Flycatcher
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Muscicapella
hodgsoni |
|
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher |
11 |
10 |
|
|
Culicicapa
ceylonensis |
|
Bluethroat |
1 |
1 |
|
I |
Luscinia svecica |
|
Indian Blue Robin
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Luscinia
brunnea |
|
Orange-flanked Bush Robin |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Tarsiger
cyanurus |
|
Golden Bush Robin
|
6 |
4 |
|
|
Tarsiger
chrysaeus |
|
White-browed Bush Robin |
5 |
4 |
(H) |
|
Tarsiger
indicus |
|
Rufous-breasted Bush Robin |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Tarsiger hyperythrus |
|
Oriental Magpie Robin
|
6 |
4 |
|
|
Copsychus
saularis |
|
Indian Robin |
1 |
4 |
|
I |
Saxicoloides fulicata |
|
Blue-fronted Redstart
|
8 |
10 |
|
|
Phoenicurus
frontalis |
|
White-capped Water Redstart |
14 |
8 |
|
|
Chaimarrornis
leucocephalus |
|
Plumbeous Water Redstart |
7 |
8 |
|
|
Rhyacornis
fuliginosus |
|
White-tailed Robin
|
7 |
5 |
(H) |
|
Myiomela
leucura |
|
Blue-fronted Robin
|
4 |
5 |
(H) |
|
Cinclidium
frontale |
|
Little Forktail |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Enicurus scouleri |
|
Slaty-backed Forktail
|
2 |
4 |
|
|
Enicurus
schistaceus |
|
Spotted Forktail |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Enicurus maculatus |
|
Common Stonechat
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
Saxicola
torquata |
|
Pied Bushchat |
1 |
2 |
|
I |
Saxicola caprata |
|
Grey Bushchat |
11 |
6 |
|
|
Saxicola
ferrea |
|
Asian Pied Starling
|
1 |
10 |
|
I |
Sturnus
contra |
|
Common Myna |
9 |
100 |
|
|
Acridotheres
tristis |
|
Bank Myna |
1 |
20 |
|
I |
Acridotheres ginginianus |
|
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch |
2 |
6 |
|
|
Sitta
castanea |
|
White-tailed Nuthatch
|
8 |
4 |
|
|
Sitta
himalayensis |
|
Beautiful Nuthatch |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Sitta formosa |
|
Rusty-flanked Treecreeper |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Certhia
nipalensis |
|
Brown-throated Treecreeper |
3 |
2 |
(H) |
|
Certhia
discolor |
|
Winter Wren |
2 |
2 |
(H) |
|
Troglodytes
troglodytes |
|
Rufous-vented Tit
|
8 |
10 |
|
|
Parus
rubidiventris |
|
Coal Tit |
9 |
30 |
|
|
Parus ater |
|
Grey-crested Tit
|
3 |
4 |
|
|
Parus
dichrous |
|
Green-backed Tit
|
14 |
10 |
|
|
Parus
monticolus |
|
Yellow-cheeked Tit
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
Parus
spilonotus |
|
Yellow-browed Tit
|
4 |
6 |
|
|
Sylviparus
modestus |
|
Sultan Tit |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Melanochlora
sultanea |
|
Black-throated Tit
|
6 |
10 |
|
|
Aegithalos
concinnus |
|
Rufous-fronted Tit
|
2 |
10 |
|
|
Aegithalos
iouschistos |
|
Plain Martin |
1 |
20 |
|
I |
Riparia
paludicola |
|
Barn Swallow |
1 |
2 |
|
I |
Hirundo
rustica |
|
Asian House Martin
|
1 |
20 |
|
|
Delichon
dasypus |
|
Nepal House Martin
|
6 |
100 |
|
|
Delichon
nipalensis |
|
Striated Bulbul
|
8 |
10 |
|
|
Pycnonotus
striatus |
|
Black-crested Bulbul
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
P.
melanicterus flaviventris |
|
Himalayan Bulbul
|
1 |
4 |
|
|
Pycnonotus
leucogenys |
|
Red-vented Bulbul |
8 |
30 |
|
|
Pycnonotus cafer |
|
White-throated Bulbul |
1 |
6 |
|
|
Alophoixus flaveolus |
|
Ashy Bulbul |
3 |
10 |
|
|
Hemixos flavala |
|
Mountain Bulbul
|
7 |
8 |
|
|
Hypsipetes
mcclellandii |
|
Black Bulbul |
9 |
200 |
|
|
Hypsipetes
leucocephalus |
|
Zitting Cisticola |
1 |
1 |
(H) |
I |
Cisticola juncidis |
|
Striated Prinia
|
6 |
20 |
|
|
Prinia
criniger |
|
Hill Prinia |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Prinia atrogularis |
|
Yellow-bellied Prinia |
1 |
2 |
|
I |
Prinia f. flaviventris |
|
Ashy Prinia |
1 |
4 |
|
I |
Prinia socialis |
|
Oriental White-eye
|
6 |
8 |
|
|
Zosterops
palpebrosus |
|
Chestnut-headed Tesia
|
10 |
4 |
(H) |
|
Tesia
castaneocoronata |
|
Slaty-bellied Tesia
|
3 |
10 |
(H) |
|
Tesia olivea |
|
Grey-bellied Tesia
|
9 |
8 |
(H) |
|
Tesia
cyaniventer |
|
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler |
12 |
4 |
(H) |
|
Cettia
fortipes |
|
Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler |
5 |
8 |
(H) |
|
Cettia
acanthizoides |
|
Grey-sided Bush Warbler |
11 |
18 |
(H) |
|
Cettia
brunnifrons |
|
Russet Bush Warbler
|
4 |
4 |
(H) |
|
Bradypterus
seebohmi |
|
Blyth's Reed Warbler
|
1 |
1 |
|
I |
Acrocephalus
dumetorum |
|
Sykes’s Warbler |
1 |
1 |
|
I |
Hippolais rama |
|
Mountain Tailorbird
|
2 |
2 |
H |
|
Orthotomus
cuculatus |
|
Tickell's Leaf Warbler |
5 |
4 |
|
|
Phylloscopus
affinis |
|
Buff-barred Warbler
|
5 |
8 |
|
|
Phylloscopus
pulcher |
|
Ashy-throated Warbler
|
5 |
8 |
|
|
Phylloscopus
maculipennis |
|
Lemon-rumped Warbler
|
8 |
10 |
|
|
Phylloscopus
chloronotus |
|
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
3 |
H |
|
Phylloscopus inornatus |
|
Greenish Warbler |
3 |
2 |
(H) |
|
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
|
Large-billed Leaf Warbler |
10 |
23 |
(H) |
|
Phylloscopus
magnirostris |
|
Blyth's Leaf Warbler
|
12 |
10 |
|
|
Phylloscopus
reguloides |
|
Yellow-vented
Warbler
|
4 |
25 |
|
|
Phylloscopus
cantator |
|
Golden-spectacled Warbler |
7 |
10 |
|
|
Seicercus
burkii |
|
Whistler’s Warbler
|
8 |
8 |
|
|
Seicercus
whistleri nemoralis |
|
Grey-hooded Warbler
|
4 |
10 |
|
|
Seicercus
xanthoschistos |
|
Grey-cheeked Warbler
|
2 |
4 |
|
|
Seicercus
poliogenys |
|
Chestnut-crowned Warbler |
7 |
3 |
|
|
Seicercus
castaniceps |
|
Broad-billed Warbler
|
4 |
1 |
|
|
Tickellia
hodgsoni |
|
Rufous-faced Warbler |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Abroscopus albogularis |
|
Black-faced Warbler
|
2 |
3 |
|
|
Abroscopus
schisticeps |
|
White-throated Laughingthrush |
10 |
40 |
|
|
Garrulax
albogularis |
|
White-crested Laughingthrush |
4 |
10 |
|
|
Garrulax
leucolophus |
|
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush |
1 |
1 |
H |
|
Garrulax pectoralis |
|
Striated Laughingthrush |
11 |
20 |
|
|
Garrulax
striatus |
|
Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Garrulax rufogularis |
|
Spotted Laughingthrush |
4 |
3 |
(H) |
|
Garrulax
ocellatus |
|
Grey-sided Laughingthrush |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Garrulax
caerulatus |
|
Streaked Laughingthrush |
6 |
4 |
|
|
Garrulax
lineatus imbricatus |
|
Blue-winged Laughingthrush |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Garrulax
squamatus |
|
Black-faced Laughingthrush |
8 |
10 |
|
|
Garrulax
affinis |
|
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush |
6 |
10 |
|
|
G.
erythrocephalus nigrimentum |
|
Red-faced Liocichla |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Liocichla phoenicea |
|
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Pomatorhinus
erythrogenys |
|
White-browed Scimitar Babbler |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Pomatorhinus schisticeps |
|
Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler |
6 |
6 |
|
|
Pomatorhinus
ruficollis |
|
Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler |
4 |
1 |
|
|
Xiphirhynchus
superciliaris |
|
Long-billed Wren Babbler |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Rimator m. malacoptilus |
|
Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler |
4 |
5 |
(H) |
|
Pnoepyga
albiventer |
|
Pygmy Wren Babbler
|
8 |
5 |
(H) |
|
Pnoepyga
pusilla |
|
Rufous-throated Wren Babbler |
3 |
4 |
(H) |
|
Spelaeornis
caudatus |
|
Bar-winged Wren Babbler |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Spelaeornis
troglodytoides |
|
Spotted Wren Babbler
|
3 |
5 |
(H) |
|
Spelaeornis
formosus |
|
Wedge-billed Wren Babbler |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Sphenocichla
humei humei |
|
Rufous-capped Babbler
|
9 |
10 |
|
|
Stachyris
ruficeps |
|
Golden Babbler
|
5 |
6 |
|
|
Stachyris
chrysaea |
|
Grey-throated Babbler |
2 |
8 |
|
|
Stachyris nigriceps |
|
Common Babbler |
1 |
4 |
|
I |
Turdoides caudatus |
|
Striated Babbler |
1 |
6 |
|
I |
Turdoides striatus |
|
Large Grey Babbler |
1 |
1 |
H |
I |
Turdoides malcolmi |
|
Silver-eared Mesia |
2 |
1 |
H |
|
Leiothrix argentauris |
|
Red-billed Leiothrix
|
10 |
6 |
(H) |
|
Leiothrix
lutea |
|
Cutia |
6 |
7 |
(H) |
|
Cutia
nipalensis |
|
White-browed Shrike Babbler |
13 |
3 |
(H) |
|
Pteruthius
flaviscapis |
|
Black-headed Shrike Babbler |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Pteruthius rufiventer |
|
Green Shrike Babbler
|
3 |
3 |
|
|
Pteruthius
xanthochlorus |
|
Black-eared Shrike Babbler |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Pteruthius
melanotis |
|
Rusty-fronted Barwing
|
1 |
10 |
|
|
Actinodura
egertoni |
|
Hoary-throated Barwing |
2 |
5 |
|
|
Actinodura
nipalensis |
|
Blue-winged Minla
|
5 |
10 |
|
|
Minla
cyanouroptera |
|
Chestnut-tailed Minla
|
7 |
8 |
|
|
Minla
strigula |
|
Red-tailed Minla
|
4 |
10 |
|
|
Minla ignotincta |