Subject: Bird species in Nepal and northeast India NEPAL AND NORTHEAST INDIA Combined annotated species list. Jim Turner and Kate Trainer, April 1997 (173 species) 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