Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger 1: 6/4, 4: 7/4 on the plains before and after Chandigiah, 1 Kullu-Delhi 13/4
Grey Heron 1 6/4 Delhi-Chandigarh, 2: 7/4 and 2: 13/4 enroute Chandiah-Sai Roopa, 3: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Great Egret Ardea alba 2: 7/4 Chandiah-Sai Roopa, 2: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 5: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia About 20 Kullu-New Delhi 13/4, 3: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Common on the plains
Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii 1: 7/4 and 8/4 Enroute to GHNP, 13/4: 2 Kullu-Delhi, +10: 14/4 and 24/4 Bagdogra
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve (Ebbe)
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala 20: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi (Cought a 15 cm fish)
Asian Open-bill Anastomus oscitans 27: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Black Stork Ciconia nigra 1: Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus 1 Gauhati Airport 24/4
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 5: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 1: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes 1 pair: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve, close view in understory
Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus 2:7/4 enroute to GHNP, 1 pair: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 1: 6/4 and 7/4 enroute to GHNP on the plains
Black Kite Milvus migrans Common on the plains and towns
Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus In total+15 seen during 5 days in GHNP
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 1:6/4 and 7/4 on plains, 8/4 1 Sai Roopa-Rolla
Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus 5 positively identified. Mahananda Wildlife Reserve Reserve 15/4
Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis 6: 6/4 +10: 7/4 in foothills, +20 GHNP (5 days), +10 seen on return to Delhi on 13/4, 3 seen at 3000 m. around Sandakphu on both 20/4 and 21/4
Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela 2 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve, 2: 16/4 Lava
Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus 1: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve, 1: 20/4 close up at 3000 m. around Sandakphu.
Shikra Accipiter badius 6: 6/4 Plains, 1:9/4 and 1: 12/4 GHNP, 1: 13/4 Plains
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1: 9/4 female GHNP, 1: 12/4 Lava, 1: 21/4 Sandakphu, 1:23/4 Darjeeling, .
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa 1: 6/4 Plains (Ole, Hans, John and Ebbe)
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 1: 21/4 Sandakphu
Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis 1 GHNP 7/4 and 1: 8/4, 1 : 16/4 Lava
Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina 1 Chandigarh Hills 6/4
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 1 Roopa - Sai Roopa (throughout), 1 pair seen every day at 2900 m in GHNP:
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 1 enroute to Roopa, 9 counted during our 5 stay in GHNP (2 light phase, 7 dark)
Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis 1 Mahananda wildlife Reserve 15/4 , 1:Lava 16/4 and 17/4
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus +10 enroute to Roopa, 8 seen from 1700-2100 m. GNHP, none seen at the high camp
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1:8/4 and 11/4 GHNP
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 10: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Gadwall Anas strepera 3: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha 20: 100: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Northern Pintail Anas acuta 4: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Garganey Anas querquedula 20: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 30: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Common Pochard Aythya ferina 1: in a hydroelectric dam enroute to Roopa 7/4
Rock Bush-Quail Perdicula argoondah 2: 13/4 foothills enroute to Chandigharh (Jørgen, Bodil and Ole)
Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola 2 seen, 3 heard: 10-12/4: GHNP, heard every day on Lava and Sandakphu trek
Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus Heard a clear "Mega-Mega- Mega" one morning by Ole, Niels and the local guide: 11/4 GHNP
Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra 3 females seen, 1 male by Peter: 21/4 Garibas
Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus +32 seen and heard in total above 2700 meters GHNP
Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos 2 (ad.female+juv.) on slope: first thought to be Koklass P. but one had blue tail, Rola to Sai Roopa 12/4, 2 Lava : 17/4, 1 enroute to Maneybhanjhan : 22/4
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus 1 pair crossed the road enroute to Roopa 7/4, 1: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha heard 9/4, 2 heard 10/4, 2 seen 11/4, GHNP mainly above 2400 m.
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 4 Chandigarh 6/4, 10: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo 2: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 20: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Seen enroute to GHNP: 6-7/4 and 13/4, 2 Bagdogra 14/4, 5: Orkla, New Delhi 24/4
River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucellii 10: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 2: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve, 1: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Common Redshank Tringa totanus 1 enroute to Chandigarh 6/4
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatalis 1 enroute to Chandiah 6/4
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1: 24/4 Orkla, New Delhi
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1: 5/4 and 3: 13/4 enroute to Chandiah
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos 2: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Little Stint Calidris minuta 10 New Delhi 13/4 , +100 Orkla 24/4
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 7: 24/4 Orkla
Ruff Philomachus pugnax +30 : 24/4 Orkla
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Found in a channel in New Delhi and a few enroute to Changidah
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta +35: 24/4 Orkla
Small Pratincole Glareola lactea + 200: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve (nesting), +40: 24/4 Orkla
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 2: 24/4 Orkla
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera 1 spotted by Ebbe in the Himalayan foothils from GHNP- Chandigarh 13/4
Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota +100: 9/4 GHNP
Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis 2-4 seen every day in GHNP, Lava and Sandakphu trek
Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia decaocto several enroute to Changidarh 6/4
Red-collared Dove Streptopelia tranqebarica +4 near Changidarh 6/4
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis +50 : GHN, 1 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 12/4, 1 Lava 15/4 and 2 Lava 16/4, 1 Darjeeling
Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria +50: 14/4 Silligun Forest, +25: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Nesting several places enroute and near Chandigarh 6/4, +50: 7/4 and 13/4 several enroute to and from GHNP, +10: 24/4 Orkla
Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri +25 Siliguri forest 14/4
Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala 2: 7/4, before foothills near Chandigarh, 4: 8/4 GHNP at 1800 meters, 1: 12/4 GHNP
Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana Big flocks in GHNP, perhaps +100 especially below 2200 meters, nesting and mating, we observed one pair on a 15 longterm mating. After copulation the male fed the female just after copulation!
Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides Heard on the lower part of Sandakapu trek: 22/4, 2 seen: 23/4 in Dardejeeling
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Heard in Lava 16 and 17/4 and several times on the lower Sandakphu trek, finally one observed in Darjeeling on 23/4
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus 1 seen and several heard GHNP, Heard every day on Western trip, +7 seen in Lava, 1: 18/4 Maghma
Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus 2 Heard 16/4 at 1850 meters Lava
Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris 1: 16/4 seen well by some at 2000 meters Lava
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea 2 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve Reseve 15/4
Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis 3: Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis +7 Delhi to GHNP and return, 25: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum 5: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides 1 seen at check point to GHNP 8/4, heard same place 12/4
Spotted Owlet Athene brama 1 seen by some in Kulo: 12/4
Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus Heard 1 seen by Ole in camp at Shilt, GHNP 9/4 and 11/4
Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris several seen every day in GHNP, Lava area, +30 Sandakphu
Little Swift Apus affinis between 10-25 seen every day at lower attitudes
House Swift Apus nipalensis 50: 6/4 evening at Chandigarh , 2 seen by John at Sai Roopa, GHNP 10/4
Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata 3: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis About 5 seen every day at lower altitudes, 5 Kulo, 3 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti 3: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis 10 : 7/4 near the Himalayan foothills and Chingidarh
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis 6 Chandigarh -. Sai Roopa 7/4
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 4: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 Orkla, New Delhi 24/4
Indian Gray-Hornbill Ocyceros birostris 1: 14/4 and2: 15/4 Mahananda wildlife Reserve
Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris 4 : 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis 5: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Great Barbet Megalaima virens +40 GHNP, 1: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve, several in Lava and heard often in the Sandakphu area
Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata 2 : 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii 1 seen in Lava, 1 seen at close range near Pos Basti at 1860 meters 22/4
Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica 2 seen well 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala Only heard the first day (during a shortstop enroute Chandigarh-Sai Roopa), to our surprise we did not see this common bird on the whole trip.
Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus 1 Lava 17/4
White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea 1 seen after Sai Roopa on 8/4
Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus 1: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Gray-headed (faced) Woodpecker Picus canus 2 seen on tree limps in the top of a large tree calling Lava at 1950 m. altitude at forest edge.
Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha 2 males and 1 females looking for nesting hole together, but chased away from a hole by something, maybee a roosting Jungle Owlet in Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4, 1 seen on both days in Lava
Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus 3: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii 1: 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Himalayan Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis 15/4 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis 1 male Magma 19/4
Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius 1 pair Lava 17/4
Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocopos auriceps 2 Sai Roopa (GHNP) 12/4
Gray-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus 1 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus 2 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Plain Martin Riparia paludicola 20 Orkla, New Delhi 24/4
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica foothills enroute 13/4, 2 Pos Basti 22/4, Darjeeling 23/4
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica enroute 13/4, 2 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 2 Sai Roopa on 7/4 and 12/4, 2 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4, a few seen every day in Lava and Sandakphu trek
White Wagtail Motacilla alba 1 breakfast stop at the foothills enroute to GHNP 7/4
Black-backed Wagtail Motacilla lugens 1 New Delhi 6/4, 2 enroute to New Delhi 13/4
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni +6 seen at Shilt GHNP 10/4 and 11/4, +30 Lava, 10 Magma, a few seen every day on the rest of the sandakphu trek and in the Dajeeling area. More common above 2000 meters
Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus 2 at the summit of Sandakphu 3800 meters
Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei +5 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 14/4 and 15/4
Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus common in GHNP about 45 counted during our 5 days stay, +20 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve, 15 Lava (2 days), +25 during our 5 days Sandakphu trek
Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris 15 Lava 17/4, 1 male above Garibas 21/4
Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus 2 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis Mahananda Wildlife Reserve
Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus 4 seen Lava 164 and 17/4
Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus 3 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus +12 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys common between 1000- 2000 meters in GHNP, common in Lava
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer common in foothills in the west, Lava area
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus +10 Sai Roopa 7-8/4 and 12/4, 6 Darjeeling
Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons 5 12 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach 3 Lava 16-17/4, 1 Darjeeling 22/4, 1 Orkla 24/4
Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii +15 seen along the river from Sai Roopa to Rolla 8/4 and 13 on the same route back again on 12/4
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 1 seen by Ebbe at 2000 meters Garibas - Pos Basti
Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata 2 at camp Shilt 10/4, 2 summit of Sandakphu 21/4
White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana 1 pair and anothe one Magma attracted by tape playback 19/4
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope 1 seen by J.Damgård at 2500 meters enroute to Magma
Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea 1 male singing from a telephone line early in the morning outside Dajeeling 23/4
Orange-flanked Bush-Robin Tarsiger cyanurus +10 seen during our 5 days stay in GHNP, 1 Lava 18/4
Golden Bush-Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus 1 fist stop at 1850 meters altitude in thinned out forest Lava 16/4
Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis Fairly common in the Himalayan foothills mainly to the east
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata 4 seen enroute in the first Himalayan foothills enroute from Chandigarh to GHNP
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 1 foothills 7/4, 1 female nest enroute to Magma 18/4
Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis 17 counted during our 5 days stay in GHNP, 1 pair Garibas 19/4 and 21/4
Plumbeous Water-Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus 1 pair occurs every 30 meters in the river along the Sai Roopa to Rolla route GHNP, 1 Lave 16/4, 5 Garibas to Pos Basti
White-tailed Robin Cinclidium leucurum 1 male together with a much different Blue-fronted Robin at 1850 m Lava 16/4, 1 Garibas- Pos Basti 22/4
Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale 2 at 1850 m Lava 16/4
Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri 2 Rolla, GHNP 8/4 and 12/4, 2
Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus 1in a ravine between Pos Basti and Manebhanjang 22/4
Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus 3 near a village just before park entrance GHNP 8/4
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata 5 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferra 1 pair at Sai Roopa nest, +7 seen in the GHNP, 2 Lava 16-17/4 and 2 Dajeeling both days.
White-capped Water-Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus about 15-20 along the river sai Roopa - Rolla GHNP, 1 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4, 1-2 Garibas 19/4 and 21/4, Pos Basti 22/4
Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush Monticola rufiventris Very common above 2000 meters
Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius 2 Mahananda Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Blue Whistling-Thrush Myiophonus caeruleus Very common, a flock of about 10-20 birds chased every other bird away near Rolla, GHNP.
Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma 1 seen (crippling views for a very long time) Lava 17/4
Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor 2 (a pair) at 1850 m Lava 16/4
White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus +10 seen, some nice females above 2500 meters, they like to feeed in Rhododendrons, +12 seen Sandakphu trek, females can be confused with Chestnut thrush, which we did not see!
Gray-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul heard and seen a single GHNP, 7 Lava, 7 Sandakphu summit 20/4 and 21/4
Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis 2 Shilt in GHNP (Ebbe) 10/4, Common and in flocks at Magma 3000 meters 19/4
White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps 2 Lava 16/4
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis 2 Lava 16/4
Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler Xiphirhynchus superciliaris 1 good but breef look in bamboo about 2700 elevation above Garibas 19/4
Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga albiventer Heard and seen by Bodil 8/4 GHNP, 1 top of sandakphu, 1 seen well above Gambrias 21/4 (race albiventer fulvous morph)
Pygmy Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla Heard both in Lava and in forest of Sandakphu.
Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus 1 pair of this mouse like bird was chased out in the open by one of the porters at 2900 meters, between Magma and Garibas, rous throat was seen well by some of us.
Black-chinned Babbler Stachyris pyrrhops 2 seen by Meltofte and Ebbe at 1700 meters near Sai Roopa, GHNP 8/4
Golden Babbler Stachyris chrysaea 10 Lava 17/4, 5 Magma 19/4, 2 Sandakphu-Garibas 21/4
Large Gray Babbler Turdoides malcolmi A flock at the breakfast stop before the foothills from Chadigarh
Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus 5 seen same place as Large grey Babbler
White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis a flock of 3-4 at 1800 meters Garibras - Pos Basti 22/4
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis 1 seen breafly and several heard Lava 16/4
Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus +5 seen in Lava, very responsive to tape playback and like to climb trees, onley laughningthrush which as a crest, 5 near Garibas 21-22/4
Variegated Laughingthrush Garrulax variegatus a flock og 5-6 together with Chestnut-crowned L. in a rhodedendron tree near the river Rolla- Sai Roopa GHNP12/4
Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus nice bird spotted by John before Magma, we had a 3 minute observation of this bird, 19/4, one heard singing and seen very well by NPD from a juniper tree below sandakphu summit 21/4 (. The bird's voice is like a human child)
Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis Fairly common above 3000 meters about 14 counted sandakphu
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus 1 Sai Roopa 8/4, 2 together with Varigated LT Rolla-sai Roopa 12/4, 6 Lava 16 and 17/4, 4 på vejen Darjeeling 23/4
Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris 8 Lava 17/4
Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea 6 +4 Lava 16/4 and 17/4, 4 Darjeeling 23/4
Cutia Cutia nipalensis 2 great flocks of 10 each Lava 17/4
White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis +18 Lava 16/4 and 17/4, 1 Garibas - Pos Basti 21/4
Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis 4 Lava 17/4
Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni +15 Lava 17/4, 1 Darjeeling 23/4
Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis 5 Magma 2900 meter 18/4
Blue-winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera about 30 Lava 16/4 and 17/4
Chestnut-tailed Minla Minla strigula 5 sai Roopa 8/4, 1 Sai Roopa 12/4, +15 Lava 16/4 and 17/4, +35 sandakphu trek below 3200 meters, 10 Darjeeling 23/4
Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta +5 Lava 16/4 and 17/4, 3 Magma 18/4, 5 Garibas 1974 and 21/4
Golden-breasted Fulvetta Alcippe chrysotis 2 at 2850 meter Garibas to Sandakphu, 2 Darjeeling 23/4
Rufous-winged Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps 7 Lava 16 and 17/4, 2 Magma 18/4, +20 Sandakphu summit, 10 Garibas, 2 Darjeeling
White-browed Fulvetta Alcippe vinipectus +30 seen on Sandakphu trek (5 days)
Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis 2 at the breakfast site Lava 16/4
Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata 7 seen GHNP, 30 seen (A common species heard all the time like the Oriental Cuckoo in Lava, more commen lower down about 30 seen on the Sandakphu trek, 2 Darjeeling 23/4
White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri 1 Lava 17/4
Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis 2 Rolla-Shilt, 3 sai Roopa, 35 Lava, 5 Magma 18/4, 10 Magma-Garibas 19/4, 5 Garibas-Pos Baasti 21/4, 2 Darjeeling
Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis 2 Magma, +50 before and at the summit Sandakphu, 16 Darjeeling
Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis 2 Lava 17/4, 4 enroute up to Sandakphu 20-21/4
White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca 2 Lava 16/4
Black-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis nipalensis +10 in bamboo above Gambias at 2650 meters 20/4 (Old route back), +25 Darjeeling close up in bamboo 23/4
Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata Several heard but one seen at 3100 metrers Magma-Garibas
Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea 6 seen or heard Lava 16/4 and 17/4, one attracted close upo with tape playback, heard below Garibas
Pale-footed Bush-Warbler Cettia pallidipes One heard and breefly seen at Darjeeling waterworks above town, voice recorded 23/4
Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler Cettia fortipes 3 at parkgate sai Roopa-Rola, taped, 4 same place 12/4, 2 Lava 16/4 (first stop at 1800 meters)
Gray-sided Bush-Warbler Cettia brunnifrons 1 at Magma seen well and recorded 19/4
Striated Prinia Prinia criniger 1 seen by Hans Meltofte sai Roopa-Rolla 8/4
Plain Prinia Prinia inornata 2 seen 6/4
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius 2 plains 6/4
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 1 at 2000 meters in juniper trees Lava 17/4
Tickell's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus affinis +6 Shilt GHNP 9-11/4
Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher 1 Rola-sai Roopa 12/4, +5 seen Sandakphu trek (3 days observation), 2 Darjeeling (very close views) 23/4
Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis 7 Lava 16/4 and 17/4, +20 sandakphu trek (4 days observation),
Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 3 sai Roopa - Rola 8/4, 1 below Shilt, 4 return to sai Roopa 12/4, 1 Lava 16/4
Hume's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus humei 3 Sai Roopa 8/4, 2 same place 12/4, 1 Lava 16/4
Large-billed Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris 1 Lava (Ebbe), 1 close views Magma 19/4
Western Crowned-Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis 2 pairs nesting on a ravine Shilt 11/4, 5 before Sai Roopa 12/4
Blyth's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides 2 sai Roopa 7/4, 2 Rola, 2 Shilt, 2 Rola-Sai Roopa 12/4, 6 Lava 16-17/4, 2 Garibas 20/4
Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii 3 Shilt 11/4, 11 Lava 16-17/4, +15 seen on Sandakphu trek (5 days observation)
Gray-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos very common in GHNP, mainly below 2300 meters, 10 Lava 17/4
White-spectacled Warbler Seicercus affinis +10 Lava 17/4
Gray-cheeked Warbler Seicercus poliogenys 2 together with White-spectacled Warbler Lava 17/4
Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps 5 together with White-Spectacled Warbler Lav 17/4
Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps 6 Lava in another warbler flock 17/4
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda +15 Sai Roopa- Rolla and return 8/4 and 12/4, 1 Darjeeling 23/4
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea 4 Lava 16 and 17/4, 1 Garibas both on 20/4 and 22/4
Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina +25 counted during the 5 day trek in GHNP, 20 Lava, +15 Sandakphu trek (5 days observation), 5 Darjeeling 23/4
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata 7 GHNP (3 days), seen every 100-200 meter along the Sandakphu trek which is equal to 60 km/ 0,2 = 300-500 birds!!
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1 female Mahanada WR 15/4
Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni 1 Lava 16/4
Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris +23-25 GHNP (5 days)
Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara 12 Sai Roopa- Rola and return on 8/4 and 12/4, 2 Lava 16/4 and 17/4, 1 Magma 19/4, 2 Garibas - Pos Basti 22/4
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis 5 GHNP (3 days) , +20 Lava 16 and 17/4, 4 Magma-Garibas 19/4
Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea 2 Mahanada WR 15/4
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi 1-2 Sai Roopa 7/4
Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha 3 Shilt in GHNP, 8 Lava 16 and 17/4, 10 below Garibas 22/4-
White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis 7 Lava 16 and 17/4, 4 Garibas area 22/4, 3 Darjeeling 23/4
Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus +20 or more GHNP (5 days) +15 Lava (2 days), 2 Magma 18/4, 3 Darjeeling 23/4
Black-browed Tit Aegithalos iouschistos 17 sandakphu trek (3 days)
Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps 2 Shilt in GHNP 11/4 (NPD)
Rufous-naped Tit Periparus rufonuchalis 9 GHNP Shilt area 9-11/4
Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris 4 GHNP Shilt and Rola, form rubidiventris, 10 Sandakphu summit form beavani with gry belly.
Spot-winged Tit Periparus melanolophus +18 Shilt in GHNP 9-11/4
Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous 2 Shilt in GHNP, 11/4, 2 Magma-Garibas 19/4, 2 Sandakphu-Garibas 21/4
Great Tit Parus major 1 Kullu (ebbe) 12/4
Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus Common in GHNP, 5 Lava 17/4, 4 Magma 18/4, 4 Garibas 22/4, 1 Darjeeling 23/4
Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus 7 Lava 16 and 17/4
Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus 4 Magma- Garibas 19/4, 5 sandakphu-Garibas, 2 Garibas - Pos Basti 22/4
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea 4 Mahanda WR 15/4, 4 lava 16 and 17/4
White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis 6 Magma 1874, 2 Garibas 20/4, 3 Darjeeling 23/4
White-cheeked Nuthatch Sitta leucopsis 1 Shilt in GHNP 11/4 (Ole Lemming)
Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 3 Shilt GHNP (3 days), 2 Lava (2 days)
Bar-tailed Tree-creeper Certhia himalayana 1 close up view Shilt in GHNP 11/4 (NPD)
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus 2 Sai Roopa- Rola GHNP 8/4, 2 Lava 17/4, 2 garibas - Pos Basti 22/4
Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica 1 female foothils after Chandigah, 4 Mahanda WR 15/4, 2 Orkla, New Delhi 24/4
Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae Only 3 seen above Gambias 22/4
Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis 7 Lava (2 days), about 25 counted Sandakphu trek (5 days), 5 Darjeeling 23/4
Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda 3-4 pairs Sandakphu summit 21/4
Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus 8 Sai Roopa (2 days), 5 Lava 17/4
Rock Bunting c.30-40 seen during our 5 days trek in GHNP
Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata 2 together with a female Dark-breasted Rosefinch in bamboo Shilt in GHNP 10/4
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla a flock of 10 birds in Juniper trees Lava 16/4
Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola a large flock of 50 in a dead tree Shilt, GHNP 10/4, 10 near camp Shilt 11/4
Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis 1 female with chestnut-eared Bunting Shilt 10/4, 5 (one male) Lava (2 days)
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 1 Sai Roopa 8/4 (Ole Lemming), heard by Ebbe, 1 Sai Roopa 12/4
Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rodochrous 2 Sai Roopa- Rolla in a meadow near fields and bushes 8/4
Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii 1 Pair at the summit of Sandakphu 21/4
Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus 1 female close up views for 30-50 seconds observation, all olivish green and brown, underparts streaked mainly on sides, no eyebrow, very weak pale marking in the wing and a dark bill, perfect according to description and illustrations in Clement, P. et al. 1993. Darjeeling Wildlife Reserve Sanctuary 23/4 (NPD)
White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura 1 female Sandakphu summit 21/4
Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala 15 seen Sai Roopa-Rola 8/4, about 10 on return 12/4, 1 male Shilt 10/4, 3 Lava 17/4
Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides 1 male fly over and seen well later Shilt in GHNP 10/4
Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis 4 in a tree together with a group of Spot-winged GB near Shilt 10/4, 1 seen by Ole Lemming 11/4
Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos 4 Shilt 10/4
House Sparrow Passer domesticus Common in open country
Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans 10 sai Roopa 7-8/4, 2 Sai Roopa 12/4
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus common in villages
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis 2 breakfast stop at foothills 1½ hours from Changidarh
Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum Only 3 seen on the first day on the plains, back in 1980 it was a very common bird!!
Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra common but less so than before on the plains
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Common, but numbers are down probably because of pesticide use!!
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus Only seen the first day on the plains, but so common
Hill Myna Gracula religiosa 15 Manebhanjan Wildlife Reserve 15/4
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 2 seen in a park just before Changidarh
Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus 4 Manebhanjan Wildlife Reserve 14-15/4
Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii 2 pairs Lava 17/4, 1 Dajeeling 22/4
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Common
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus +8 or more, below 2300 meters GHNP, 4 days observation, +10 Lave area (2 days), common Garibas- Pos Basti 24/4
Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans 5 Lava 17/4
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus 1 Lava 17/4
Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus 2 Manebhanjan Wildlife Reserve (Riverbed) 15/4
Gold-billed Magpie Urocissa flavirostris +12-20 Sai roopa- Rola and back 8/4 and 12/4, 2 Kullu, +10 Sandakphu trek (5 days observation)
Green Magpie Cissa chinensis 2 Lava 16/4
Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda 1 Breakfast stop, 4 Manebhanjan Wildlife Reserve 14-15/4
Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae 2 Lava 17/4, 1 Garibas 22/4
Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes +20 GHNP (3 days above 2300 m), +10 Sandaphu Trek (3 days)
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax +10 Shilt GHNP 10/4
House Crow Corvus splendens common in Plains
Jungle Crow Corvus levaillantii Common everywhere
Common Raven Corvus corax 2 Dajeeling 23/4
Mammals
Indian Mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) Enroute to Sai Roopa 7/4
Yellow-throated Martin (Martes flavigula) 1 Shilt 10/4
Himalayan Giant Squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) 3 Rola 8/4
Striped Squirrel (Tamiops macclellandi) 3 Lava (2 days) 16/4 and 17/4
Hoary-bellied Squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus) Lava 17/4
Goral (Naemorhedus goral) 1 Rola 8/4
Barking Deer (Muntiacus muntjah) 3 Dajeeling Wildlife Reserve Reserve 23/4
Common Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) 10 Rola 8/4, 3 Rola 11/4, 20 Rola-Sai Roops 12/4
Assamese Maquace (Macaca assamensis) common Manebhanjan Wildlife Reserve 14-15/4
Rhesus (Macaca mulatta) Common in villages
Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) 1 Rola- sai Roopa 12/4
Flavermus (pipistrella) Several seen Darjeeling and Sandakphu