Trip Report: Thailand and Nepal, December 24, 2000 - January 29, 2001

Greg Roberts, c/o John Fairfax, PO Box 7103, Riverside Centre. 4001. Qld. Australia; gregroberts@mail.fairfax.com.au

With Glenn Scherf, except for last week. Itinerary -
PM - Crossed Rapti River for walk along main road to park headquarters. Overnight Green Mansion Jungle Resort.
PM - Walk with (excellent) guides Harka Kumal and Jim Kurra.

Thailand

24/12Arrive Bangkok.
24-26/12Bangkok sight-seeing (Wat Trinit and Wat Pho temples, Grand Palace).
26/12Drive to Khao Yai National Park. Next seven nights at Khao Yai Garden Lodge (comfortable), with (quite long) daily drives to the park at about 700m.
27/12Military base road; Trails 6 & 7.
28/12Trails 6 & 7; campground area.
29/12Trails 1 & 6; Maew Swat Falls road.
30/12Joined by Liezel and John Lotter (South Africa). Trails 1 & 6; Elephant Cave (outside park) in evening.
31/12Trails 1 & 7; Fields below Elephant Cave.
1/1Military base road; Trail 6; Viewpoint inside park entrance.
2/1Drive to Bangkok, stopping briefly at Wat Tampraprotisat (temple) and nearby fields, and marshes at Rangsit, north of the airport. Fly to Kathmandu and transfer to Hotel Manaslu.

Nepal

Joined by Aqua Birding guide Rabindra Manandhar, who operates a bookshop in Khatmandu.
3/1Phulchowki Mountain in Kathmandu Valley, summit, upper levels and mid-elevation (2100-2800m).
4/1Scenic flight to Mt Everest, sight-seeing around Khatmandu (Swyambhunath temple and Durbar Square).
5/1Phulchowki, lower levels and adjoining Godaveri Botanic Gardens (1200-2100m); Bagnati River.
6/1AM - Drive to terai lowlands and Chitwan National Park via Sauraha entrance.
7/1Elephant and boat rides in Bahgmara Reserve, adjacent to park; walk along Rapti River. Overnight Green Mansion.
8/1AM - Transfer to Chitwan Jungle Lodge via Meghauli entrance, crossing Narayani River.
9/1Elephant ride and walking.
10/1Transfer by coach to Pokhara lakeside (Baidam) and Hotel Barahi.
11/1Rice paddies and swamps at northern end of Phewa Tal (900m). Overnight Pokhara.
12/1Drive to Khande (1400m) for first day of trek in Annapurna Conservation Area. Walk to Deurali (2100m) overnight tea-house.
13/1Walk to Landruk (1700m) via Tolka. Overnight tea-house.
14/1Climb tracks above Landruk around Poon (2300m). Overnight tea-house.
15/1Walk to Nayapool via Birethanti. Drive to Pokhara, overnight Hotel Manaslu.
16/1Fly to Khatmandu. Drive to Shivapuri Resort (2000m) in the Shivapuri Wildlife Refuge in Khatmandu Valley. Walk on road above resort.
17/1Drive to Khatmandu after morning walk.
18-19/1Sightseeing (Bhaktupar, Patan and Nyatala temple) and shopping in Khatmandu.
20/1Fly to Bangkok

Thailand

20/1Connect flight to Chiang Mai in north-west Thailand. Drive to Chom Tong, overnight in hotel.
21/1Drive to Doi Inthanon National Park. Dry lowland diptocarp forest at kms 9, 11 and 13; montane forests at kms 34 (1500m) and 37 (1800m) jeep trails. Overnight at Ecotourism Lodge (1100m, very basic, at km 26).
22/1Summit at 2700m (boardwalk around swamp); kms 34 and 37. Overnight Ecotourism.
23/1kms 34 and 37. Overnight Ecotourism.
24/1kms 34, 37 and 26. Transfer to Tarntong Guest House outside national park (more comfortable but further to drive).
25/1Summit boardwalk, kms 34 and 37.
26/1kms 13 (dry forest), 34, 37 and 26.
27/1Joined by Nigel and Donna Crook (USA/UK) kms 34, 37 and 32.
28/1Walk around Doi Inthanon Highland Resort grounds. Drive to Chiang Mai. Fly home via Bangkok.

Field References

Birds

*denotes lifer
T = Thailand, KY = Khao Yai, DI = Doi Inthanon
N = Nepal, PH = Phulchowki

Little Grebe (N - 4 at Phewa Tal)

Little Egret, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Heron, *Malayan Night-Heron (T - 1 at trail 1, KY), Chinese Pond-Heron (T - common north of Bangkok & near KY), Indian Pond-Heron (N - common in terai),

Little Cormorant, Great Cormorant

*Red-naped Ibis (N - flocks in 3 places at Chitwan)

Asian Openbill (T - common north of Bangkok; N - small nos at Chitwan), Lesser Adjutant (N - 3 near Chitwan Jungle Lodge), Black Stork (N - 1 at Chitwan), Woolly-necked Stork (N - 1 at Chitwan)

Mallard, Ruddy Shelduck (N - common at Chitwan), Ferruginous Pochard (N - 6 at Phewa Tal), Common Pochard

Brown Crake (N - 3 at Chitwan), *Ruddy-breasted Crake (N - 1 at Chitwan Jungle Lodge), White-breasted Waterhen, Common Coot, Common Moorhen

Wood Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint (N - 4 at Rapti River), Pintail Snipe (N - 5 at Phewa Tal), *Jack Snipe (N - 1 at Phewa Tal),

Pied Stilt

Bronze-winged Jacana

River Lapwing (N - 1 at Bagnati River; small nos at Chitwan), Red Wattled Lapwing (T - 2 below Elephant Cave; N - small nos at Chitwan), *Grey-headed Lapwing (N - 2 at Bagnati River; 2 at Phewa Tal), Ringed Plover (N - common at Chitwan),

Osprey, Crested Serpent-Eagle (N - 1 at Chitwan; T - 1 at KY), Black Kite, Black Eagle (N - 3 at PH; 1 at Shivapuri), Bonelli's Eagle (N - 1 at Chitwan), Golden Eagle (N - 2 at Phewa Tal), Egyptian Vulture (N - 5 around Pokhara), White-rumped Vulture (N - 1 above Khande), Eurasian Griffon (N - 4 around Pokhara; 3 above Khande; 1 at Chitwan), *Himalayan Griffon (N - 2 above Khande), Lammergeyer (1 at Durali), Red-headed Vulture (1 at Phewa Tal), Besra (T - 2 at KY; 2 feeding on bats with Peregrines at Elephant Cave), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (N - 2 at PH), Northern Goshawk (N - 1 at PH), Crested Goshawk (T - 1 at KY), Black-shouldered Kite, *White-eyed Buzzard (N - 1 at Narayani River, Chitwan), *Grey-faced Buzzard (T - singles at kms 34 & 37, DI), Common Buzzard (N - 1 at Phewa Tal; 2 at Bagnati River), *Long-legged Buzzard (N - 1 at Phewa Tal; 1 near Meghauli), Steppe Eagle (N - 6 at Bagnati River; 2 at Phewa Tal), Lesser Spotted Eagle (N - 1 at Bagnati River), Tawny Eagle (N - 1 at Chitwan), Oriental Honey-Buzzard (N - 2 at Chitwan), Changeable Hawk-Eagle (4 at Chitwan),

*White-rumped Falcon (T - 1 at km 13, DI), *Collared Falconet (T - 1 at km 13, DI), Common Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon (T - 2 feeding on bats at dusk, Elephant Cave)

*Common Quail (N - 3 at Phewa Tal), *Hill Partridge (T - 2 above Landruk), *Rufous-throated Partridge (T - 1 at DI summit, others calling), Scaly-breasted Partridge (T - small nos at KY), Red Junglefowl (common: T - KY; N - Chitwan), Kalij Pheasant (N - 6 above Landruk), *Silver Pheasant (T - party of 10, military base road, KY), *Siamese Fireback (T - 2 at trail 1, KY), Black Francolin (N - calling at Chitwan), Indian Peafowl (N)

Eurasian Wryneck (N - 1 at Bagnati River), *White-browed Piculet (T - 1 at km 26, KY), Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (N - 2 at Chitwan), Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (N - common at Chitwan; T - 2 at km 11, DI), *Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (N - 1 below Deurali), *Darjeeling Woodpecker (N - 2 near Deurali), Greater Yellownape (several in N & in T at KY), *Laced Woodpecker (T - singles at military base road & trail 6, KY), *Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (N - 1 below Deurali), Grey-headed Woodpecker (N - 6 at Chitwan), Streak-throated Woodpecker (N - 4 at Chitwan), *Black-headed Woodpecker (T - 2 at km 13, KY), Common Flameback (T - 2 at km 13, KY), Himalayan Flameback (N - common at Chitwan), *Greater Flameback (T - common at KY), *Black-and-buff Woodpecker (T - 1 at trail 1, KY)

Great Barbet (N - common at PH & above Landruk), Lineated Barbet, *Green-eared Barbet (T - 2 at trail 1, KY, others heard), *Moustached Barbet (T - 1 at military base road, KY, others heard), Golden-throated Barbet (common in N & T highlands), Blue-throated Barbet (N - calling at DI), Coppersmith Barbet

Oriental Pied Hornbill (T - common at KY), Great Hornbill (T - singles at trails 1 & 6, KY)

Red-headed Trogon (T - common in KY; 1 at km 37, DI), Orange-breasted Trogon (T - 1 at trail 6, KY)

Green Bee-eater, Blue-beared Bee-eater (N - calling at Chitwan), *Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (T - 6 along main road, KY)

*Banded Kingfisher (T - 2 on trail 7, KY), White-throated Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Common Kingfisher, Stork-billed Kingfisher (N - small nos at Chitwan)

*Asian Emerald Cuckoo (T - singles at km 37 & roadside at km 38, KY), Greater Coucal, Lesser Coucal, Green-billed Malkoha, Sirkeer Malkoha (N - 1 at Chitwan), Asian Koel (T - common around KY Garden Lodge), *Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo (T - 1 seen on 3 occasions at trail 1, KY)

Common Hoopoe (N - 2 at Chitwan)

Indian Roller

Alexandrine Parakeet (N - small nos at Chitwan), Rose-ringed Parakeet, *Grey-headed Parakeet (T - 1 at km 26, DI), *Blossom-headed Parakeet (T - 8 at km 9, DI), Plum-headed Parakeet (N - small nos at Chitwan), Slaty-headed Parakeet (N - small nos around Deurali), *Red-breasted Parakeet (T - common at viewpoint, KY), *Vernal Hanging-Parrot (T - common at trail 1 & viewpoint, KY)

Emerald Dove, Zebra Dove (T), Eurasian Collared-Dove (N - 2 at Chitwan), Oriental Turtle-Dove (N - 4 at PH), Red Collared-Dove, Spotted Dove, Rock Pigeon, Green Imperial-Pigeon (T - 2 at KY), Mountain Imperial-Pigeon (T - 4 at DI), *Ashy Wood-Pigeon (N - small nos around Deurali), *Speckled Wood-Pigeon (N - common around Deurali), Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (N - 1 at Chitwan), Thick-billed Green-Pigeon (T - 6 at KY), *Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon (T - 1 at km 37, DI)

Himalayan Swiftlet, Asian Fork-tailed Swift, House Swift, Alpine Swift (N - small nos at Chitwan), Crested Tree-Swift (N - 6 at Chitwan)

*Collared Scops-Owl (T - 1 near KY Garden Lodge; 1 at km 26, DI; others heard), Collared Owlet (T - 1 heard only at km 34, DI), Jungle Owlet (N - common at Chitwan), Spotted Owlet (N - 3 in Khatmandu hotel grounds), *Asian Barred Owlet (T - 1 near KY Garden Lodge; 1 at DI Highland Resort; others heard)

*Great Eared Nightjar (T - 6 below Elephant Cave at dusk), Grey Nightjar (T - 2 at km 26, DI)

*Eared Pitta (T - 2 at trail 6, KY), *Blue Pitta (T - 1 at trail 6, 3 at trail 1, KY)

*Long-tailed Broadbill (T - 8 flocking with drongos, trail 6, KY)

Asian Fairy-Bluebird (T - KY)

Blue-winged Leafbird (T - KY & DI), Orange-bellied Leafbird (N - 3 at PH)

Brown Shrike (N & T - small nos in open areas), Grey-backed Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike

Black Drongo, White-bellied Drongo (N - 1 at Chitwan), Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Ashy Drongo (T - DI & KY), Hair-crested Drongo (T - common at KY)

Brown Dipper (N - 2 near Birethanti)

Eurasian Jay (T - 3 below km 37, DI; N - 6 at PH), Black-headed Jay (N - 2 at PH), Blue (Red-billed) Magpie (N - flocks at Chitwan & PH), Green Magpie (N - 4 at PH), *Yellow-breasted Magpie (T - 1 at trail 1, KY), Rufous Treepie (N - common in terai), Grey Treepie (N - common in foothills), *Racket-tailed Treepie (T - 2 below Elephant Cave), House Crow, Large-billed Crow

Black-naped Oriole (T - 2 at KY), Maroon Oriole (T - 4 at km 37, DI; N - 2 at PH), *Slender-billed Oriole (T - 1 at km 32, DI)

*Large Cuckoo-shrike (N - 1 at Chitwan Jungle Lodge), Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike (N - 1 below Landruk; T - 5 at KY), *Indochinese Cuckoo-shrike (T - 2 at KY), Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike, Common Woodshrike, *Rosy Minivet (T - small nos at KY), *Ashy Minivet (T - 6 at KY), Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet (T - common at DI), Long-tailed Minivet (N - small nos at PH), Small Minivet (N - 6 at Chitwan)

Yellow-bellied Fantail (N - common in highlands), White-throated Fantail (N - common at Chitwan; T - common at DI)

Black-naped Monarch

Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush (T - 1 at KY; N - 1 at Deurali), Blue Rock-Thrush, Blue Whistling-Thrush (N - common in highlands; T - small nos at KY & DI), *Long-tailed Thrush (N - 1 at Godaveri), Scaly Thrush (N - 4 at Chitwan), *Dark-sided Thrush (T - 1 at summit, DI), *White-collared Blackbird (N - 6 at PH upper levels; 2 near Deurali), *Grey-winged Blackbird (N - 4 at PH lower levels), *Chestnut Thrush (N - 1 below Deurali), *Grey-sided Thrush (T - 1 at km 37, DI), *Eye-browed Thrush (T - 6 at km 37, 1 roadside at km 38, DI), Dark-throated Thrush (N - small nos at PH & Shivapuri)

*Green Cochoa (T - 1 at km 37, DI), Asian Brown Flycatcher, Red-breasted [Red-throated] Flycatcher, Verditer Flycatcher (T - 2 at KY), *Pale-chinned [Blue] Flycatcher (N - 2 on road to Chitwan park headquarters), Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher, Little Pied Flycatcher, Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (N - 2 at PH), Slaty-blue Flycatcher (N - 1 at Chitwan; 1 near Birethanti), Large Niltava (T - 1 below Elephant Cave; 4 at km 37, DI), Small Niltava (N - 1 at Shivapuri), Rufous-bellied Niltava (N - 1 below Deurali; T - 1 below km 37, DI), Hill Blue Flycatcher (T - 4 at KY), *Blue-throated Flycatcher (T - 1 at DI Highland Resort), *White-browed Shortwing (T - 2 at summit, DI), White-tailed Rubythroat (N - 4 at Chitwan), *Siberian Blue Robin (T - 5 at trail 6, KY; 1 at Wat Tampraprotisat), White-tailed Robin (N - 2 at Chitwan), Orange-flanked Bush-Robin [Red-flanked Bluetail] (N - 3 below Deurali), Golden Bush-Robin (N - 1 at Shivapuri), Oriental Magpie-Robin, White-rumped Shama, *Little Forktail (N - 1 above Landruk; 1 near Birethanti), White-crowned Forktail (T - 4 at KY; 1 at DI), Spotted Forktail (N - small nos on trek; 1 at Godaveri), Slaty-backed Forktail (N - small nos on trek; T - 1 at KY), *Black-backed Forktail (N - 1 at Chitwan Jungle Lodge; T - 1 at km 13, DI), *Hodgson's Redstart (N - 1 at Deurali), Blue-fronted Redstart (N - common on trek), White-capped [Water] Redstart (N - common on trek), Plumbeous [Water] Redstart (N - common on trek & at Godaveri), Common Stonechat, White-tailed Stonechat (N - 4 at Chitwan), Pied Bushchat, Grey Bushchat (N - 2 at Godaveri; T - 8 at km 26, DI)

*Ashy Woodswallow (T - 3 between Bangkok & KY; N - 4 at Chitwan)

*Chestnut-tailed Starling (T - 4 near Meghauli), Black-collared Starling (T - common in lowlands), Asian Pied Starling (T - common in lowlands), Common Myna, Hill Myna, Jungle Myna (N), *White-vented Myna (T - common in lowlands), *Golden-crested Myna (T - 1 at viewpoint, KY)

*Chestnut-vented Nuthatch (T - 6 at km 37, DI), Chesnut-bellied Nuthatch (N - 8 at Chitwan), Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (N - common at Chitwan), *White-tailed Nuthatch (N - 5 at PH)

*Rusty-flanked Treecreeper (N - 2 above Landruk), *Brown-throated Treecreeper (T - 8 at kms 34 & 37, DI)

*Fire-capped Tit (N - 1 at PH), Great Tit, Green-backed Tit, Black-lored Tit (N - common in highlands), Yellow-cheeked Tit (T - common at DI), Black-throated Tit (N - 6 at PH), *Yellow-browed Tit (N - 1 at PH; 1 above Khande)

Plain Martin (N - common at Chitwan), Dusky Crag-Martin (N - small nos above Khande), Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow (N - small nos at Chitwan; T - 10 at DI), Striated Swallow (T - 2 at KY), Nepal House-Martin (20 at Phewa Tal), *Asian House-Martin (5 at Phewa Tal)

Common Iora

Black-headed Bulbul (T), Black-crested Bulbul, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Red-vented Bulbul, Mountain Bulbul (N & T - common in highlands), Himalayan Bulbul (N), Ashy-headed Bulbul (T - 2 at DI), Stripe-throated Bulbul (T - 10 at KY), Streak-eared Bulbul (T), Sooty-headed Bulbul (T - small nos at DI), Flavescent Bulbul (T - common at DI), *Puff-throated Bulbul (T - common at KY), *Grey-eyed Bulbul (T - common at KY), Black Bulbul (N - common in highlands; T - 2 at DI), *White-headed Bulbul (T - 6 at km 32, DI)

*Striated Prinia (N - 2 below Landruk), Grey-breasted Prinia (N - 8 at Chitwan); Yellow-bellied Prinia, Plain Prinia, Ashy Prinia (N - 2 at Chitwan), *Hill Prinia (T - 2 at km 26, 2 at summit, DI), *Rufescent Prinia (T - 4 at km 26, DI), Common Tailorbird, Mountain Tailorbird, Dark-necked Tailorbird, Pale-footed Bush-Warbler (N - 2 at Chitwan Jungle Lodge), *Grey-sided Bush-Warbler (N - 1 at Chitwan Jungle Lodge), Aberrant Bush-Warbler (N - 3 at Chitwan), *Spotted Bush-Warbler (T - 1 at DI Highland Resort), Zitting Cisticola, *Blyth's Reed-Warbler (N - 1 on road to Chitwan headquarters), *Thick-billed Warbler (T - 2 near Wat Tampraprotisat), *Smoky Warbler (N - 1 near Chitwan Jungle Lodge), Dusky Warbler (N - small nos in lowlands & at Shivapuri), Tickell's Leaf-Warbler (N - small nos at Chitwan), Buff-barred Warbler (N - common in highlands), Western Crowned Warbler (N - 1 near Landruk), Ash-throated Warbler (N & T - common in highlands), Yellow-browed (Inornate) Warbler (N & T - common), *Radde's Warbler (T - 6 at KY), *Yellow-streaked Warbler (T - 1 at km 13, DI), Greenish Warbler (N - common in lowlands; probably also at KY in T), *Two-barred Warbler (T - 5 at KY; 2 at km 26, DI), *Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler (T - 1 at trail 6, KY), *Sulphur-breasted Warbler (T - 1 at trail 6, KY), Pale-rumped [Lemon-rumped] Warbler (N - 2 at PH lower levels; unidentified pale-rumped warblers at DI in T), Common Chiffchaff (N), Blyth's Leaf-Warbler (T - common at DI; small nos at KY), *White-tailed Leaf-Warbler (T - common at DI) *Chestnut-headed Tesia (N - 1 above Landruk, others heard), *Slaty-bellied Tesia (T - singles at kms 34 & 37, others heard, DI), Golden-spectacled Warbler (T - small nos KY & DI; N - 4 at PH), Grey-hooded Warbler (N - common in highlands), *Grey-cheeked Warbler (T - 1 at km 37, DI), *Black-faced Warbler (N - 1 below Landruk), Chestnut-crowned Warbler (T - 4 at DI; N - 3 above Landruk)

*Chestnut-flanked White-eye (T - 15 at km 37, DI), Japanese White-eye (T - DI), Oriental White-eye (T - KY)

Winter Wren (N - 2 below Landruk)

White-throated Laughingthrush (N - common in highlands), White-crested Laughingthrush (T - 6 at DI; N - small nos PH & Shivapuri), Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush ( N & T - common in highlands), Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush (N - 2 at Chitwan), *Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush (T - 1 at military base road, KY), White-necked Laughingthrush (T - heard only at DI), *Grey-sided Laughingthrush (N - 2 parties at Shivapuri), Striated Laughingthrush (N - common in highlands), Streaked Laughingthrush (N - 2 at Deurali; 2 at PH; 1 at Shivapuri), Red-billed Leiothrix (N - 2 at PH), *Scaly Laughingthrush (N - 4 above Landruk), Abbott's Babbler (T - 4 at KY), *Puff-throated Babbler (T - 1 at KY; N - 6 at Chitwan), *Large Scimitar-Babbler (T - 1 at trail 6, KY), Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (N - 5 at PH), *Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler (N - 1 above Khande), *White-browed Scimitar-Babbler (T - 3 at military base road, KY), Chestnut-capped Babbler (N - common at Chitwan), Jungle Babbler (N), Yellow-eyed Babbler (N - 6 at Chitwan), Striated Babbler (N - 4 at Chitwan), *Pygmy Wren-Babbler (T - 1 at km 37, DI, many heard), Black-chinned Babbler (N - 2 at PH; 4 below Landruk), Grey-throated Babbler (N - 6 at PH), Golden Babbler (N - 1 below Deurali; T - 6 at km 37, DI), Striped Tit-Babbler (N - common at Chitwan; T - common at KY), Chestnut-tailed Minla (N - common at PH; T - 4 at summit, DI), *Chestnut-fronted Shrike-Babbler (T - 4 at km 37, DI), Black-eared Shrike-Babbler (N - 3 at PH lower levels), White-browed Shrike-Babbler (T - 2 at km 37, DI), Rufous-winged Fulvetta (N & T - common in highlands), *White-browed Fulvetta (N - common at PH upper levels), *Grey-cheeked Fulvetta (T - common at DI), *Nepal Fulvetta (N - common in highlands), Silver-eared Mesia (T - 8 at DI), *Spectacled Barwing (T - 6 roadside at km 38, DI), *Hoary-throated Barwing (N - 6 at PH upper levels), *Black-backed [Dark-backed] Sibia (T - common at DI), *Rufous-backed Sibia (T - common at km 37, DI), Rufous Sibia (N - common in highlands), *Striated Yuhina (T - 8 at km 37, DI), White-bellied Yuhina (T - DI & KY), Rufous-vented Yuhina (N - 6 at PH), *Stripe-throated Yuhina (N - 6 at PH upper levels), *Whiskered Yuhina (N - common on trek & at Shivapuri)

*Black-throated Parrotbill (N - 30+ in mixed flocks at Shivapuri)

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (T), Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (T), *Plain Flowerpecker (T - 1 at km 34, DI)

Purple Sunbird, Olive-backed Sunbird, Ruby-cheeked Sunbird, Black-throated Sunbird (T - 4 at DI; N - 2 near Landrung), Crimson Sunbird (T), *Gould's Sunbird (T - 1 at km 37, DI), *Green-tailed Sunbird (T - 4 at summit, DI; N - common at PH upper levels), *Fire-tailed Sunbird (N - common at PH upper levels and above Landruk), Streaked Spiderhunter (T - 2 at DI)

*Rufous-winged Bushlark (N - 2 at Rapti River), Greater Short-toed Lark (N - 8 at Phewa Tal)

Richard's Pipit (N - 1 at Phewa Tal), *Oriental [Paddyfield] Pipit (T - 1 at Rangsit; N - common at Phewa Tal), *Blyth's Pipit (N -2 at Phewa Tal), *Rosy Pipit (N - common at Phewa Tal), Olive-backed Pipit, Tree Pipit (N - 4 at Chitwan), White Wagtail, White-browed Wagtail (N - 8 at Chitwan), Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail

Rufous-breasted Accentor (N - 1 at PH; 2 at Deurali)

House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Russet Sparrow (N - 2 near Landruk), *Plain-backed Sparrow (T - 1 in Bangkok; 1 at Rangsit)

*Plain Mountain-Finch (N - 4 at PH upper levels), Common Rosefinch (T - 6 at DI), *Spot-winged Rosefinch (N - 2 at Deurali), *White-browed Rosefinch (N - 1 at Shivapuri), Dark-breasted Rosefinch (N - small nos at PH, Shivapuri & Deurali) *Scarlet Finch (N - 10 above Landruk), Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (N - common near Landruk), *Gold-naped Finch (N - 2 above Landruk),

Red Adavat (N - 1 at Chitwan), White-rumped Munia (N - 4 below Landruk), Scaly-breasted Munia

Yellow-breasted Bunting (N - 1 at Phewa Tal), *Chestnut Bunting (N - 1 near Chitwan Jungle Lodge; T - 1 at km 26, DI).

Total 420. Lifers 134.

Mammals

Total 24. Lifers 9.

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