Bird list for a. Kaziranga-Eaglenest-Pakke trip (april-2004) by Ramana Athreya, Claudio Koller, Ray Ziarno, Michael Waite b. Other birds recorded from Eaglenest-Pakke till date Anwaruddin Chaudhary, Aparajita Datta, Kartikeyan, Pratap Singh, Ramana Athreya, Suresh Kumar The names follow the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) standard for Indian birds. ALternative names suggested by the Oriental bird club are also listed. Places and Dates Kaziranga National Park , Assam : 31 Mar - 02 Apr, 2004; RA+CK+RZ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal : 05 Apr - 14 Apr, 2004; RA+CK+RZ+MW 24 Mar - 27 Mar, 2004; RA Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal : 15 Apr - 18 Apr, 2004; RA+CK+RZ The Kaziranga National Park in Assam comprises grasslands, gallery woodland and riverine patches in the floodplain of the Brahmaputra in Assam. While it is justly famous for its assemblage of large mammals (Rhino, wild buffalo, elephant, swamp deer, tiger, etc - the first 4 are hard to miss!) it also hosts an amazing assemblage of birds in winter. Despite visiting the area at the fag-end of the season we still managed to see over 145+ species in just 3 days. The best time to visit Kaziranga is between mid-December and mid-March. One doesn't even have to enter the gate of the park to see the 4 mammals mentioned previously apart from such spectacular rarities as the Bengal Florican and the Pied Harrier. The population of many migrants had already thinned down by the time of our visit but the prized sighting/identification of a Chinese Pond Heron (moulting into the breeding plumage) was only possible because of the late visit. Some of the rarer dips were the Finn's baya, black-breasted parrotbill and slender-billed babbler. In winter one can easily spend a week or more birding in this area. We visited the lowland wet-evergreen and riverine patches of Pakke Tiger Reserve between the altitudes of 100 and 200m. The bunch of emerald cuckoos cavorting in the middle of the Khari campsite was as stunning as it was unexpected. The Crow-billed drongo, also seen close to the campsite was as welcome but not unexpected (a few dozen drongos had to be checked before lady luck smiled). Some of the other species seen were crested goshawk, broad-billed roller, white-bellied yuhinas, abbott's babbler, oriental dwarf kingfisher, black-backed forktail, great pied and wreathed hornbills, collared broadbill, black stork, etc Eaglenest was the jewel of the trio. Lots of birds and spectacular birds at that. I wonder if we used up 3 trips worth of luck in this inaugural one! Its not too often that one gets to scope beautiful nuthatches (twice; once at eye-level from 5m), wedge-billed wren-babblers (at 5m, in the open), Cutias, etc. Eaglenest ranges from about 500m to 3400m on the ridgeline while a jeepable road crosses the ridge at 2800m at Eaglenest pass and traverses the entire gradient offering unrivalled access to an immense altitudinal range. Away from the forest the unbroken close-packed canopy rolls away in all directions in what is arguably the best accessible montane forest in Arunachal. There was that incredible Easter Sunday (2004) when we saw over 70 species of some of the finest birds that the Eastern Himalayas have to offer. The Eaglenest fare included beautiful nuthatches, 3 sibias, ward's & red-headed trogon, 5 wren-babblers, 4 aethopyga sunbirds, 3 bullfinches, 5 yuhinas, 6 seicercus/abroscopus flycatcher-warblers (including the broad-billed), 3 tesias, 2 barwings, 4 parrotbills, 3 scimitar-babblers, 3 minlas, 3 hornbills, 3 forktails, 3 bush-robins, cutia, gold-naped black-finch and a temminck's tragopan male seen by myself during a 3 day dress-rehearsal for the main tour)! The myzornis was the big dip as was the tragopan for the rest of the team. The coal and rufous-fronted tits and the fire-tailed sunbird were missed by the visitors. I suspect these birds leave Eaglenest for higher reaches by April. ramana athreya --------------------------------------------- a. Kaziranga-Eaglenest-Pakke Birdlist (April 2004) The first column lists Kaziranga species : k The second column lists Eaglenest species : t - main tour, p - pretour The third column lists Pakke species : l ----- indicates birds recorded from Eaglenest-Pakke but not seen during the April 2004 Note : The full list for Kaziranga (of the order of 500 species) is not included here. k - - Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis k - l Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger k - - Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis k - l Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo k - - Darter Anhinga melanogaster k - l Little Egret Egretta garzetta k - - Grey Heron Ardea cinerea k - - Purple Heron Ardea purpurea k - l Large Egret Casmerodius albus ..... Great Egret k - l Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis k - l Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii k - - Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii - - l Little Green Heron Butorides striatus ..... Striated Heron k - - Asian Openbill-Stork Anastomus oscitans k - - White-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus ..... Wooly-necked Stork k - - Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus k - - Lesser Adjutant-Stork Leptoptilos javanicus k - - Greater Adjutant-Stork Leptoptilos dubius - - l Black Stork Ciconia nigra ----- Oriental_White Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus ..... Black-headed Ibis k - - Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus k - - Brahminy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea ----- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata - - l Lesser Whistling-Duck k - - Gadwall Anas strepera k - - Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope k - - Northern Shoveller Anas clypeata k - - Garganey Anas querquedula k - - Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha ----- Common Merganser Mergus merganser ----- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni k - l Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus k - - Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus k - l Black Kite Milvus migrans k - - Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus k - - Pallas Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus k - - Greater Grey-headed Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus ..... Grey-headed F-E ----- Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus ..... Lammergeier ----- Indian_White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis ..... White-rumped Vulture k - l Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris ----- Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis k - l Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela ----- Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus k - - Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos ----- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ..... Northern Harrier ----- Besra Sparrowhawk Accipiter virgatus ----- Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis k - - Shikra Accipiter badius - - l Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus - t - Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - p l Common Buzzard Buteo buteo - t l Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis k - - Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga k - - Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis k - - Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus ----- Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii - p - Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis k - - Osprey Pandion haliaetus ----- Pied Falconet Microhierax melanoleucos k p - Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus - t - Common Hill-Partridge Arborophila torqueola ..... Hill Partridge ----- Rufous-throated Hill-Partridge Arborophila rufogularis ----- White-cheeked Hill-Partridge Arborophila atrogularis - p - Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii ----- Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra ----- Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii k - - Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis k - l Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus k t - Kaleej Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos ..... Kalij Pheasant ----- Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum k - - White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus ----- Elwes's Crake Porzana bicolor ..... Black-tailed Crake k - - Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus ----- Purple Moorhen Porphyrio porphyrio ..... Purple Swamphen k - - Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis k - - Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus k - l Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius - - l Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus - - l River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii k - - Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus k - - Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus ----- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola - - l Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala ----- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa - - l Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis - - l Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia k - l Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus - - l Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos ----- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii ----- Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus ..... Eurasian Thick-knee - - l Small Pratincole Glareola lactea k - l River Tern Sterna aurantia ----- Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus - t - Ashy Wood-Pigeon Columba pulchricollis - t - Speckled Wood-Pigeon Columba hodgsonii - - l Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis k - l Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis k - - Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica - - l Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall k - l Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica k - - Yellow-legged Green-Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera ..... Yellow-footed Gr-Pigeon - - l Thick-billed Green-Pigeon Treron curvirostra ----- Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon Treron bicincta ----- Pompadour Green-Pigeon Treron pompadora ----- Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon Treron apicauda - - l Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon Treron sphenura k - l Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea - t - Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia - - l Indian Hanging-Parrot Loriculus vernalis ..... Vernal Hanging-Parrot k - l Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria k - - Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri k - l Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri - - l Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus ----- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius k t - Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides ----- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax k - l Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus k t - Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus - t - Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus - - l Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus ----- Banded_Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii k - l Rufous-bellied Plaintive-Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus ..... Plaintive Cuckoo - t l Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris ----- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea k - l Large Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis k - - Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis k - l Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis ----- Oriental Bay-Owl Phodilus badius - t - Spotted Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus ..... Mountain Scops-Owl ----- Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia ----- Collared Scops-Owl Otus bakkamoena ----- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo ----- Forest Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis ..... Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl - t - Tawny Wood-Owl Strix aluco - t - Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei k - l Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides k - - Spotted Owlet Athene brama - - l Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata - t - Indian Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus ..... Grey Nightjar - - l Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus - t l Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris - - l Silver-backed Needletail-Swift Hirundapus cochinchinensis k - - Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis ----- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus ..... Fork-tailed Swift ----- House Swift Apus affinis ..... Little Swift - t l Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus - t - Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi k - - Small Blue Kingfisher Alcedo atthis ..... Common Kingfisher ----- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting - - l Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus - - l White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis ..... White-throated Kingfisher ----- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda k - - Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis - - l Greater Pied Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris ..... Crested Kingfisher k - l Lesser Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis k - - Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni k - - Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus k - l Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti k - l Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis - - l Oriental Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus orientalis ..... Dollarbird k - l Common Hoopoe Upupa epops ..... Eurasian Hoopoe k t l Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris - t l Great Pied Hornbill Buceros bicornis - t - Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis - - l Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus - t - Great Barbet Megalaima virens k - l Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata - t - Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii k - l Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica ----- Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis k - - Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala - - l Rufous Piculet Sasia ochracea ..... White-browed Piculet ----- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus k - l Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus - t - Rufous-bellied Pied-Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus - t - Crimson-breasted Pied-Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius ----- Fulvous-breasted Pied-Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei - t - Darjeeling Pied-Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis - - l Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus k t l Small Yellow-naped Woodpecker Picus chlorolophus ..... Lesser Yellownape - t - Large Yellow-naped Woodpecker Picus flavinucha ..... Greater Yellownape k - - Little Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus ..... Streak-throated Woodpecker k - - Black-naped Green Woodpecker Picus canus ..... Grey-faced Woodpecker k - - Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker Dinopium benghalense ..... Black-rumped Flameback - - l Greater Golden-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes lucidus ..... Greater Flameback - t - Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia - t - Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis ----- Great_Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus - - l Hodgson's Broadbill Serilophus lunatus ..... Silver-breasted Broadbill ----- Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae ----- Blue-naped Pitta Pitta nipalensis ----- Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida ----- Bengal Bush-Lark Mirafra assamica ----- Sand Martin Riparia riparia ----- Dusky Crag-Martin Hirundo concolor ----- Nepal House-Martin Delichon nipalensis k - - Bengal Bush-Lark Mirafra assamica k - - Plain Martin Riparia paludicola k - - Common Swallow Hirundo rustica ..... Barn Swallow - - l Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica - t l Asian House-Martin Delichon dasypus ----- Large_Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis ..... White-browed Wagtail k t l White Wagtail Motacilla alba k - - Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava - p - Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea k - - Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus k - - Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus - t - Eurasian Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis - t l Oriental Tree Pipit Anthus hodgsoni ..... Olive-backed Pipit k - l Large CuckooShrike Coracina macei - t l Black-winged CuckooShrike Coracina melaschistos - t - Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris - t - Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus - t - Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris k t l Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus - t - Pied Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus picatus ..... Bar-winged Flycather-shrike - - l Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis ----- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus - t - Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus k - l Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus k - l Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus k t l Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer ----- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys k t l White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus - - l Brown-eared Bulbul Hemixos flavala ..... Ashy Bulbul - t l Rufous-bellied Bulbul Hypsipetes mcclellandii ..... Mountain Bulbul - - l Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus k - l Common Iora Aegithina tiphia k - l Gold-fronted Chloropsis Chloropsis aurifrons ..... Golden-fronted Leafbird - t l Orange-bellied Chloropsis Chloropsis hardwickii k - l Asian Fairy-Bluebird Irena puella ..... Asian Fairy-bluebird - t l Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus k - - Rufous-backed Shrike Lanius schach ..... Long-tailed Shrike k t - Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus - t - Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii - t - Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata - t - Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata ----- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris - t - Blue-headed Rock-Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus - t - Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush Monticola rufiventris k t - Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius - t l Blue Whistling-Thrush Myiophonus caeruleus ----- Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina ----- Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera mollissima ----- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni ----- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma ----- Greater_Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola ----- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis - t - White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus - t l Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul ----- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus ----- Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis ----- Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni ----- Gould's Shortwing Brachypteryx stellata ----- Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra ----- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophrys - t - White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana k - - Himalayan Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis ..... White-tailed Rubythroat k - - Bluethroat Luscinia svecica ----- Siberian_Blue Robin Luscinia cyane - t - Orange-flanked Bush-Robin Tarsiger cyanurus - t - Golden Bush-Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus ----- White-browed Bush-Robin Tarsiger indicus - t - Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus k - l Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis - - l White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus k - l Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - t - Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni ----- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus ----- Guldenstadt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogaster - t - Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis - t - White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus - t - Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus ..... Plumbeous Water-Redstart ----- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura - t - Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri - - l Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus - t - Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus - t - Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus ----- Leschenault's Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti ..... White-crowned Forktail ----- Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis k - l Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata ..... Siberian/Asian Stonechat - p - Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea - t - White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis - t l White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus k - - Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger - t - Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis - t - Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus ----- Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis ----- Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus ----- Grey-sided Laughingthrush Garrulax caerulatus ----- Streaked Laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus - t - Blue-winged Laughingthrush Garrulax squamatus ----- Scaly Laughingthrush Garrulax subunicolor - t - Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis - t - Red-headed Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus ----- Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea - - l Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti ----- Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli ----- Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre k - l Spotted Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps ..... Puff-throated Babbler - - l Hodgson's Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps ..... White-browed S-B - t - Rufous-necked Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis ..... Streak-breasted S-B - t - Coral-billed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus - t - Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler Xiphirhynchus superciliaris - t - Greater Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga albiventer - t - Lesser Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla ..... Pygmy Wren-Babbler - t - Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus - t - Bar-winged Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides - t - Wedge-billed Wren-Babbler Sphenocichla humei - - l Rufous-fronted Babbler Stachyris rufifrons - t - Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps - t - Gold-headed Babbler Stachyris chrysaea ..... Golden Babbler - t - Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps - - l Yellow-breasted Babbler Macronous gularis ..... Striped Tit-Babbler k - - Red-capped Babbler Timalia pileata ..... Chestnut-capped Babbler k - - Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei - t - Silver-eared Leiothrix Leiothrix argentauris ..... Silver-eared Mesia - t - Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea - t - Cutia Cutia nipalensis - t - Red-winged Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis ..... White-browed S-B ----- Rufous-bellied Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer ..... Black-headed S-B - t - Green Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus - t - Chestnut-throated Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis ..... Black-eared S-B ----- White-hooded Babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus ----- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis - t - Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni - t - Austen's Barwing Actinodura waldeni ..... Streak-throated Barwing - t - Blue-winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera - t - Bar-throated Minla Minla strigula ..... Chestnut-tailed Minla - t - Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta - t - Gold-breasted Tit-Babbler Alcippe chrysotis ..... Golden-breasted Fulvetta - t - Yellow-throated Tit-Babbler Alcippe cinerea ..... Yellow-throated Fulvetta - t - Rufous-winged Tit-Babbler Alcippe castaneceps ..... Rufous-winged Fulvetta - t - Brown-throated Tit-Babbler Alcippe ludlowi ..... Ludlow's Fulvetta ----- Rusty-capped Tit-Babbler Alcippe dubia ..... Rusty-capped Fulvetta - t - Nepal Tit-Babbler Alcippe nipalensis ..... Nepal Fulvetta - t - Rufous-backed Sibia Heterophasia annectans - t - Beautiful Sibia Heterophasia pulchella - t - Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides - t - White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri - t - Yellow-naped Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis ..... Whiskered Yuhina - t - Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis - t - Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis - t - Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta - - l White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca ----- Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura - t - Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis ----- Fulvous-fronted Parrotbill Paradoxornis fulvifrons - t - Black-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis nipalensis ----- Lesser_Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris ..... Black-browed Parrotbill - t - Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps - t - Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor k - - Streaked Fantail-Warbler Cisticola juncidis ..... Zitting Cisticola - t - Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis ..... Hill Prinia k - - Plain Prinia Prinia inornata - t - Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata - t - Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea - t - Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer - t - Brown-flanked Bush-Warbler Cettia fortipes - t - Yellow-bellied Bush-Warbler Cettia acanthizoides - t - Grey-sided Bush-Warbler Cettia brunnifrons ----- Russet Bush-Warbler Bradypterus mandelli - p - Mountain Tailorbird Orthotomus cuculatus k t l Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius k - - Dusky Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus - p l Tickell's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus affinis - t - Orange-barred Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher ..... Buff-barred Warbler - t - Grey-faced Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis ..... Ashy-throated Warbler - t - Lemon-rumped Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus k t - Yellow-browed Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus ..... Inornate Warbler - t - Greenish Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides ----- Eastern_Crowned Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus ..... Eastern Crowned-Warbler - t - Blyth's Crowned Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides ----- Black-browed Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus cantator ..... Yellow-vented Warbler - t - Gold-spectacled Flycatcher-Warbler Seicercus burkii ..... G-s Warbler - t - Grey-headed Flycatcher-Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos ..... G-hooded Warbler - p - White-spectacled Flycatcher-Warbler Seicercus affinis ..... Wh-spec Warbler - t - Grey-cheeked Flycatcher-Warbler Seicercus poliogenys ..... Gr-cheeked Warbler - t - Chestnut-crowned Flycatcher-Warbler Seicercus castaniceps Ch-cr Warbler - t - Broad-billed Flycatcher-Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni ..... Broad-billed Warbler - t - Black-faced Flycatcher-Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps ..... Bl-faced Warbler - - l Yellow-bellied Flycatcher-Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris ..... Y-b Warbler k - l Striated Marsh Warbler Megalurus palustris ..... Striated Grassbird - t l Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica ..... Dark-sided Flycatcher ----- Asian_Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica ----- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea ----- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii - t - Orange-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata ..... Rufous-gorgeted FlyC k t l Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva ..... Red-breasted Flycatcher - t - White-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula monileger - t - Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra ..... Snowy-browed FlyC ----- Little_Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni ----- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris - t - Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor - t - Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira - t - Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina - t - Large Niltava Niltava grandis - t - Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae ----- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara k - l Brooks's Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys ..... Pale-chinned Blue-Flycatcher ----- Pale Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor ----- Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni - t - Grey-headed Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis ..... Grey-headed Canary-FlyC - - l Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi - - l Black-naped Monarch-Flycatcher Hypothymis azurea - t - Yellow-bellied Fantail-Flycatcher Rhipidura hypoxantha - t - White-throated Fantail-Flycatcher Rhipidura albicollis - p - Red-headed Tit Aegithalos concinnus ..... Black-throated Tit - p - Rufous-fronted Tit Aegithalos iouschistos ..... Black-browed Tit - p - Coal Tit Parus ater k t - Great Tit Parus major - t - Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus - t - Black-spotted Yellow Tit Parus spilonotus ..... Yellow-cheeked Tit - t - Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus - t l Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea ----- Brown_Crested Tit Parus dichrous ..... Grey-crested Tit - - l Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea - t - White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis k - l Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis - t - Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa ----- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria ----- Rusty-flanked Tree-Creeper Certhia nipalensis - t - Brown-throated Tree-Creeper Certhia discolor - - l Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum - t - Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanoxanthum ----- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum - - l Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor - t - Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus k - - Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Anthreptes singalensis - t - Mrs Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae - t - Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis - t - Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata k - l Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja - p - Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda - - l Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra - t l Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna - t - Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus ----- Crested Bunting Melophus lathami - t - Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla k - - Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola - p - Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides - p - Hodgson's Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola ..... Plain Mountain-Finch ----- Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rodochrous ----- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii - t - Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis - t l Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus ----- Crimson-browed Finch Propyrrhula subhimachala ----- Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi - t - Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis - t - Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala - t - Beavan's Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca ..... Grey-headed Bullfinch - t - Gold-naped Black Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta - t - Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis - - l White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata ----- Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata ..... Scaly-breasted Munia k - - House Sparrow Passer domesticus k - l Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus ----- House Sparrow Passer domesticus ----- Cinnamon_Tree Sparrow Passer rutilans ..... Russet Sparrow k - - Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus k - l Grey-headed Starling Sturnus malabaricus ..... Chestnut-tailed Starling k - l Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra k - l Common Myna Acridotheres tristis k - - Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus k - - Great-tufted Myna Acridotheres grandis ..... White-vented Mynah k - l Common Hill-Myna Gracula religiosa k - l Black-headed Oriole Oriolus xanthornus ..... Black-hooded Oriole - t - Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii k - - Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus - t l Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus - - l Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans k t - Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus - t l Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer k - l Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus ..... Hair-crested Drongo k - l Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus k - - Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus ..... Ashy Wood-swallow ----- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius - t - Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa flavirostris ..... Gold-billed Magpie - t - Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis k - - Indian Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda ..... Rufous Treepie k t l Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae ----- Black-browed Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis ..... Collared Treepie - t - Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes k - - House Crow Corvus splendens k t - Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos ..... Large-billed Crow