Trip Report: Nepal & India, April 1997

Jim Turner and Kate Trainer, 2974 Feiger Lane #6, Traverse City, MI 49684, USA; at783@tcnet.org

[Ed.s note: These locations are also covered in the authors' extensive all-Asia report.]

Location Key:

Nepal:

G=Godavari / In southeastern part of Kathmandu valley, but area birded does not included upper slopes of mountain.

P=Pokhara / Popular tourist area west of Kathmandu

B=Seen from bus window while passing through Kossi Tappu wildlife preserve, southeast Nepal.

India:

S=Sikkim, in the vicinity of the Pemiyangtse Monastery in western Sikkim, and the village of Pelling

K=Kaziranga National Park, Assam State.

T=Seen from train, between Siliguri and Guwahati.

. . =Seen in that country, but not at one of the above sites

V=Identified by voice only; bird not seen.

First column numbers are reference numbers in Birds of Southeast Asia, by King & Woodcock

 No.    Nepal    India
 ---    -----    -----
   2                T        Podiceps ruficollis    
  11              K          Pelicanus philippensis
  16                T        Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
  18              K          P. niger
  19              K          Anhinga melanogaster
  25              K          Ardea cinerea
  26              K          A. purpurea
  28    P B       K T        Ardeola grayii
  31  G P B                  Bubulcus ibis
  34      B       K T        Egretta alba
  36      B       K T        E. garzetta
  46              K          Anastomus oscitans
  47      B       K T        Ciconia ciconia
  52              K T        Leptoptilos javanicus
  68              K          Anas acuta
 100                T        Elanus caeruleus
 101    P           T        Milvus migrans
 102    P         K          Haliastur indus
 104              K          Haliaeetus leucoryphus
 108    P           T        Neophron percnopterus
 109    P           T        Gyps bengalensis
 110    P         K          G. indicus
 111    P                    Sarcogyps calvus
        P                    Gyps fulvus
 123  G P                    Accipiter nisus
 133  G                      Ictinaetus malayensis
 135    P                    Aquila clanga
 151   . .                   Falco tinnunculus
 179              K          Lophura leucomalana
 186              K          Gallus gallus
 215    P         K          Amaurornis phoenicurus
 224              K          Metopidius indicus
 229              K          Vanellus indicus
 302              K          Sterna aurantia
 330              K          Ducula aenea
 334  G P       S K T        Columba livia
 341              K        V Streptopelia decaocto
 342              K T        S. tranquebanca
 343  G P       S K T        S. chinensis
                  K          S. senegalensis
 348              K          Psittacula krameri
 349              K          P. alexandri
 354              K          Loriculus vernalis
 358    P                    Cuculus sparverioides
 359              K          C. varius
 361  G                    V C. fugax
 362    P         K          C. micropterus
 363  G P       S            C. canorus
 364  G         S            C. saturatus
 367            S          V Cacomantis merulinus
 369            S            Chrysococcyx maculatus
 374  G P       S K          Eudynamys scolopacea
 383              K          Centropus sinensis
 400            S          V Glaucidium brodiei
 404    P                    Athena brama
 424            S            Callocalia brevirostris
 433    P         K          Apus affinis
 435    P                    Hemiprocne coronata
 446      B                  Ceryle rudis
 448      B         T        Alcedo atthis
 454              K          Pelargopsis capensis
 457    P         K T        Halcyon smyrnensis
 462      B      . .         Merops philippinus
 463              K T        M. orientalis
 467    P         K          Coracias benghalensis
 469              K          Upupa epops
 484  G         S            Megalaima virens
 486  G                    V M. lineata
 493  G P         K          M. asiatica
 497    P         K          M. haemacephala
 519              K          Dinopius javanense
 534    P         K          Picoides mahrattensis
 567              K          Alauda gulgula
 572  G P         K          Hirundo rustica
 575    P                    H. daurica
 582  G                      Tephrodornis pondicerianus
 583    P         K          Coracina novaehollandiae
 592    P                    Pericocrotus cinnamomeus
 597  G                      P. ethologus
 598            S            P. flammeus
 600    P         K          Aegithina tiphia
 606    P                    Chloropsis hardwickii
 610            S            Pycnonotus striatus
 613    P                    P. melanicterus
 616              K          P. jocosus
 619  G P       S K T        P. cafer
      G P                    P. leucogenys
 644  G         S            Hypsipetes madagascariensis
 646  G P       S K T        Dicrurus microcercus
 647  G                      D. leucophaeus
 649  G P                    D. aeneus
 651    P                    D. hottentottus
 654              K T        Oriolus chinensis
 656              K          O. xanthornus
        P                    O. oriolus
 662    P                    Garrulus glandarius
 669    P         K          Dendrocitta vagabunda
 670  G P       S K          D. formosae
 677  G P       S   T        Corvus splendens
 681  G P         K T        C. macrorhynchos
 684  G P       S            Aegithalos concinnus
 686  G                      Parus palustris
 690  G P         K          Parus major
 691  G         S            P. monticolus
 692  G P       S            P. spilonotus
 695    P       S            Sitta nagaensis
 696  G                      S. castanea
 699    P                    S. frontalis
 719              K          Trichastoma abbotti
                 . .         Turdoides striatus
        P                    Pomorhynchus horsfieldii
 743            S            Spelaeornis stoglodytoides
 772    P                    Garrulax leucolophus
 805            S            Leiothryx lutea
 809            S            Pteruthius xanthochlorus
 819            S            Minla ignotincta
 832  G         S            Alcippe nipalensis
      G         S            Heterophagia capestrata
 841            S            Yuhina flavicollis
 843            S            Y. gularis
 846            S            Y. occipitalis
 873            S            Erithacus brunneus
 879  G P         K T        Copsychus malabaricus
 882   . .       . .         Phoenicurus ochruros
 887  G P                    Rhyacornis fuliginosus
 889            S            Cinclidium leucorum
 900  G P                    Saxicola torquata
 902   . .       . .         S . caprata
 905  G                      Thamnolaea leucocephala
 908            S            Monticola rufiventris
 909            S            M. solitarius
 911    P                    Myophonus caeruleus
 924            S            Turdus boulboul
 925  G                      T. merula
 934            S            Seicercus affinis
 935  G                      S. burkii
 936  G P       S            S. xanthoschistos
 945            S            Phylloscopus subaffinis
 950  G         S            P. inornatus
 955  G P                    P. trochyloides
 975    P       S K T        Orthotomus sutorius
1012            S            Muscicapa ferruginea
1013  G         S            M. thalassina
1017  G P                    Ficedula parva
1023  G                      F. hodgsonii
1024            S            f. westermanni
1032            S            Niltava sundara
1046  G         S            Culicicapa ceylonensis
1047  G                      Rhipidura hypoxantha
1048  G         S            R. sibicollis
1063              K          Motacilla flava
1064              K          M. citreola
        P                    M. maderaspatensis
1066  G                      Anthus hodgsoni
1067              K          A. novaeseelandiae
1075              K T        Lanius cristatus
1079              K          L. tephronotus
1080  G P       S   T        L. schach
1084    P         K          Sturnus malabaricus
1090              K T        S. contra
1093  G P       S K T        Acridotheres tristis
1094  G P         K T        A. fuscus
                  K T        Sturnus roseus
1109  G                      Nectarina asiatica
1110            S            Aethopyga gouldiae
1111            S            A. nipalensis
1114  G P         K          A. siparaja
1135  G         S            Dicaeum ignipectus
1138  G P                    Zosterops palpebrosa
1140              K          Passer montanus
1143  G P         K T        P. domesticus
1144              K          Ploceus philippinus
1159  G                      Carduelis spinoides

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