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(Artamus fuscus) Slaty-beUied Ground Warbler Dark Roller (Eurystomus orientalis) Ashy Wood- (Tesia cyaniventer) Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) (Saroglossa spiloptera) Indian Roller (Coracias benghalcnsis) Spot-winged Stare Chestnut-headed Ground Warbler (Tesia castaneo-coronata) Gray Wagtail (Mottacilla caspica) (Stumus pagodaram) Blanford’s Bush Warbler (Upupa epops) Brahminy (Cettia pallidipes) Yellow-headed Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) Large Pied Kingfisher (Stumus malabaricus) Aberrant Bush Warbler (Ceryle lugubris) Gray-headed Myna (Cettia flavolivaceus) Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) (Ceryle radis) (Stumus contra) Rufous-capped Bush Warbler Small Pied Kingfisher Pied Myna (Cettia brannifrons) Large Pied Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis) (Acridotheres tristis) Golden-headed Cisticola Eurasian Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) (Cisticola exilis) Thick-billed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile) (Acridotheres ginginianus) Zitting Cisticola Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) Bank Myna (Cisticola juncidis) Tickell's Howerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) (Acridotheres fuscus) Rufous Prinia Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) Jungle Myna (Prinia rufescens) Fire-breasted Howerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus) White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smymensis) (Gracula religiosa) Hodgson's Prinia Talking Myna (Prinia hodgsonii) Scarlet breasted Sunbird (Aetropyga siparaja). Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) (Cissa chinensis) Gray-capped Prinia Green Magpie (Prinia cinereocapilla) Rubycheek (Anthreptes singalensis) Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Cissa crythrorhyncha) Jungle Prinia (Merops leschenaulti) Red-billed Blue Magpie (Prinia sylvatica) Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica) (Merops philippinus) (Dendrocitta vagabunda) Plain Prinia Indian Tree Pie (Prinia subflava) Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostris) Short Synopsis Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Corvus splendens) Yellow-bellied Prinia (Nyctyomis athertoni) House Crow (Prinia flaviventris) Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna) Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) (Corvus macrorhynchos) Fulvous-streaked Prinia Jungle Crow (Prinia gracilis) White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosa) (Tcphrodomis pondicerianus) Brown Hill Prinia Gray Hombill (Tockus birostris) Lesser Wood-Shrike (Prinia criniger) House Sparrow (Passer dom'esticus) Pied Hombill (Anthracoceros malabaricus) Large Wood-Shrike (Tcphrodomis gularis) Large Grass Warbler • (Graminicola bengalensis) on Yellow- throated Sparrow (Petronia xanthocollis) Tailor Giant Hombill (Buceros bicomis) Pied Wood-Shrike (Hemipus picatus) (Orthotomus sutorius) Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) I inflated Rathflt (Coracina novachollandiae) Straited Marsh Warbler (Megalaima lineata) Large Cuckoo-Shrike (Megalurus palustris) Black-throated Weaver (Ploceus bengalensis) (Coracina melaschistos) Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica) Dark Cuckoo-Shrike Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) Red Munia (Estrilda amandava) The More Reed Warbler Crimson-breasted Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) Long-tailed (Pericrocotus ethologus) (Acrocephalus dumelorum) Sharp-tailed Munia (Lonchura striata) Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) (Pericrocotus flammeus) Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola) Spotted. Munia (Lonchura punctulata) Rufous ( ochracea) (Pericrocotus roseus) Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) Black-headed Munia (Lonchura malacca) ( innominatus) (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus) Brown Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus collybita) Common Common Rose Finch (Carpodacus erythrinus) Gray-crowned Pigmy (Dendrocopos canicapillus) (Aegithina tiphia) Tickell's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus affinis) Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps) Brown-crowned Pigmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos nanus) Golden-fronted Leaf Bird (Chloropsis aurifrons) Smoky Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus fuligiventer) Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola) Small Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) Orange-bellied Leaf Bird (Chloropsis hardwickii) Dusky Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) Black-naped Woodpecker (Picus canus) Black-headed Yellow Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicteras) Dull Green Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides nitidus) Gray-headed Bunting (Emberiza fucata) Large Yellow-napped Woodpecker (Picus fla vinucha) Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) Large-billed Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus magnirostris) Creasted Bunting (Melophus lathami) Small Ycllow-naped Woodpecker (Picus chlorolophus) While-cheeked Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogcnys) Plain Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus inomatus) Lesseer Golden-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium benghalense) Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) Yellow-ramped Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) of (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) (Criniger flaveolus) Large Golden-backed Woodpecker White-throated Bulbul Crowned Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides) Three-toed Golden-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium shorii) (Hypsipetes madagascariensis) Gray Bulbul Yellow-eyed Warbler (Sciccrcus burkii) (Pellomeum ruficeps) Fulvous-breasted Pied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) Spotted Babbler Gray-headed Warbler (Sciccrcus xanthoschistos) Royal Chitwan (Pomatorhinus schisticcps) Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos- mahrattensis) Slaty-headed Scimitar Babbler Yellow-bellied Warbler (Abroscopus superciliaris) Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys) Brown Woodpecker (Microptemus brachyuras) White-browed Shortwing (Brachypteryx monlana) Great Slaty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus) Lesser Scaly-breasted Wren B:ibbler (Pnocpyga pusilia) Himalayan Rubythroat (Erithacus pectoralis) National Park Yellow-breasted Babbler Long-tailed Broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) (Macronous gularis) Eurasian Rubythroat (Erithacus calliope) Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) Black-chinned Babbler (Stachyris pyrrhops) Bluethroat (Erithacus svccicus) Green-breasted Pitta (Pitta sordida) Black-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps) Blue (Erithacus branneus) Bush Lark (Mirafra assamica) Rufous-beliied Babbler (Dumetia hyperythra) (Cinclidium lcucurum) (Eremoptcrix grisea) White-tailed Blue Robin Ashy-crowned Finch Lark Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinensis) (Copsychus malabaricus) (Calandrella raytal) Shama Sand Lark Red-capped Babbler (Timalia pileata) (Copsychus saularis) White-ramped Needletail (Chaetura sylvatica) Robin Dayal Striated Babbler (Turdoides earlei) Black Redstart (Phoenicuras ochruros) Large White-ramped Swift (Apus pacificus) Slender-billed Babbler (Turdoides longirostris) (Chaimarromis leucocephalus) House Swift (Apus affinis) White-capped River Chat Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus) (Rhyacomis fuliginosus) Creasted Swift (Hemiprocne longipennis) Plumbeous Redstart Lesser Necklaced Laughing (Garralax moniligeras) (Enicuras immaculatus) Edible Nest Swifflet (Collocalia brevirostris) Black-backed Forktail Large Necklaced Laughing Thrush (Garralax pectoralis) ( torquata) Alpine Swift (Apus melba) Collared Bush Chat (Saxicola leucura) White-throated Needletail (Chaetura caudacuta) Rufous-necked Laughing Thrush (Garralax ruficollis) White-tailed Bush Chat (Saxicola ferrea) ( paludicola) White-bellied Yuhina (Yuhina zantholeuca) Dark-gray Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata) Bam Swallow (Hirando rustica) Nepal Babbler (Alcippe nipalensis) Pied Bush Chat (Saxicoloides fulicata) Striated Swallow (Hirando daurica) Sooty Flycatcher ( sibirica) (Monticola solitarius) ( nipalensis) Brown Flycatcher (Muscipaca latirostris) Blue-Rock Thrush (Oenanlhe deserti) Black-headed Shrike (Lanius schach) Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (Muscicapa ruficauda) Desert Wheatear Grey-backed Shrike (Lanius tephronotus) Red-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa parva) Orange-headed Ground Thrash (Zoothera citrina) Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) Orange-gorgetted Flycatcher (Muscicapa strophiata) Speckled Mountain Thrash (Zoothera dauma) Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) Lille Pied Flycatcher (Muscicapa westermanni) Gray-winged Blackbird (Turdus boulboul) Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis Slaty Blue Flycatcher (Muscicapa leucomelanura) Whistling Thrush (My iophoneus caeruleus) Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus xanthomus) Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher (Muscicapa hyperythra) Tickell's Thrash (Turdus unicolor) (Oriolus traillii) Rusty-breasted Blue Flycatcher (Muscicapa hodgsonii) Black/Red-throated Thrush (Turdus rufficollis) White-bellied Drongo (Dicruras cacralesccns) Blue-throated Flycatcher (Muscicapa rubeculoides) Gray Tit (Paras major) Small Racquet-tailed Drongo (Dicraras remifer) Verditer Flycatcher (Muscicapa thalassina) Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta castanea) Large Racquet-tailed Drongo (Dicruras paradiseus) Black-naped Flycatcher (Monarchs azurea) Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) Hair-crested Drongo (Dicraras hottentottus) Brooks Flycatcher (Muscicapa poliogenys) Wall Creeper (Tichodroma muraria) Ashy Drongo (Dicraras leucophaeus) Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) Hodgson's Tree Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) Black Drongo (Dicraras adsimilis) White-throated Fantail Flycatcher (Rhipidura albicollis) Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) Liule Bronzed Drongo (Dicruras aeneus) White-breasted Fantail Flycatcher (Rhipidura aureola) Rose-breasted Pipit (Anthus roseatus) Crow-billed Drongo (Dicraras annectans) Gray-headed Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis) Eurasian Tree Pinit (Anthus trivialis) V______7 six young are bom at one time and the mother shelters them in a heaped-up (Rhinolophus luctus). Fulvous Fruit Bat (Rousettus leschenaulti), Eurasian (Buteo buteo) Wood Sandpiper GREAT INDIAN ONE-HORNED RHINOCEROS (Tringa glareola) mass of grass or branches, which she builds before she Utters. Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), Ratel (MeUivora capensis), and White-eyed Hawk ( teesa) Green Sandpiper (Rhinoceros unicornis) (Tringa ochropus) Grey Musk Shrew (Suncus murinus). Crested Serpent (Spilomis cheela) Common Sandpiper This is the largest of the three of Asiatic rhinoceri. Approximately (Tringa hypoleucos) 1200 are left in the Indian Sub-continent, and this constitutes the world ROYAL BENGAL TIGER (Panthera tigris tigris): The Indian Python characteristically is found in or near the small lakes formed Mountain Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus nipalensis) Temminck's Stint Now on the "Endangered List”, there are perhaps 2,500 survivors of this sub­ on old river courses. Poisonous include the Common Cobra, the King Changeable Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus limnaeetus) (Calidris temminckii) population of the species. There are about 350 in the National Park and Pintail Snipe (Capella stenura) species of the tiger in all the . Nocturnal and elusive, the Cobra, the Common Krait and the Green Pit Viper. There are also a wide Rufous-beUied Hawk Eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii) Fantail Snipe surrounding area. Folds in the thick skin of this rhino give the impression of (Capella gallinago) essentially solitary tiger covers great distances and is a difficult to see in variety of non-poisonous snakes. Booted Eagle (Hioraaetus pennatus) Painted Snipe armour plating. The hom is formed of closely matted mass of fibers issuing (Rostratula benghalensis) the wild. About 30 breeding adults remain in the Park. ( rapax) Black-winged Still from the skin. The hom grows throughout life and if lost is reproduced. (Himantopus him antopus) BIRD LIST ROYAL CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) Eurasian Thick Knee The various types of deer, as well as wild boar, form the bulk of the tiger's (Burhinus oedicnemus) Habitat destraction and heavy poaching of this animal for its horn, believed Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) (Aquila clanga) Great Thick Knee natural prey. (Aquila pomarina) (Esacus magnirostris) by the Chinese to be of great medicinal value, have been largely responsible Little Grebe (Podiceps ruficollis) Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea) White-tailed (Haliaeetus albicilla) for the decline in population during recent decades. Gestation period is about Large Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Herring Gull (Laras argentatus) LEOPARD (Panthera pardus): Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malayensis) sixteen months with the young weighing around 130 pounds at birth. Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) Great Black-headed Gull (Laras ichthyaelus) Although less common than in former times, because of its greater Pallas's Fishing Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) (Anhinga rufa) Black-headed Gull (Lams ridibundus) GAUR (Bos gaunis): adaptability, the leopard has been able to hold its own better than the tiger. Gray-headed Fishing Eagle (Icthyophaga ichthyaelus) Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea) Brown-headed Gull (Laras brunnicephalus) This is the largest of the world's wild oxen. A bull may stand over six feet tall The leopard will kill and eat anything it can overpower with safety-cattle, deer, Himalayan Grey-headed Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) Caspian Tem (Hydroprogne caspia) at the shoulder and weigh nearly a ton. The Gaur is essentially an animal of monkeys, smaller beasts of prey, larger , and reptiles. Being more (Icthyophaga nana) Little Green Heron (Butorides striatus) Fishing Eagle Iridian River Tem (Sterna aurantia) densely forested hills. Found in small herds, this animal is very shy and wary, tolerant of the sun they frequently hunt by day,, particularly if they have not ( haliaetus) Pond Heron (Ardeola gray ii) Common Tem (Sterna hinundo) completely avoiding man and his works. There are a few left in the hilly areas secured food the previous night. They are not restricted to heavy or cover Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Black-bellied Tem (Sterna acuticauda) of the Park. like tigers. Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Little Tem (Sterna albifrons) Large Egret (Egretta alba) Black Vulture (Torgos calvus) Pintail Green Pigeon SPOTTED DEER” or CHITAL (Axis axis): WILD DOG (Cuon alpinus): White-backed Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) (Treron apicauda) Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia) Thick-billed Green Pigeon (Treron curvirostra) Perhaps the most graceful and most beautiful of all deer, easily identifiable by An animal of Central, Southern and South-eastern , the Dhole (its Indian Indian Griffon (Gyps indicus) Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) Orange breasted Green Pigeon (Treron bicincta) the white spots on its brown coat. The stags have long antlers with three tines. name) is quite different from the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). The Dhole Egyptian Vulture (Neophron perenopterus) Chestnut Bittern (Ixobrychus cirmamoneus) Gray-fronted Green Pigeon (Treron pompadora) This is the only large in the Park which is found in large herds. They is rich red in colour, with a darkish muzzle and a darker back-half to its bushy Hen Harrier Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) (Circus cyaneus) Bengal Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) prefer open forest and the margins between the forest and grassland. They are tail. A big male weighs up to 45 lbs and stands over 20 inches at the shoulder. (Circus macrounis) Painted Stork (Ibis lcucocephalus) Pale Harrier Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia) prolific breeders and thus the most common deer in the Park. The peak of the In Chitwan the wild dogs inhabit and perhaps cover a large area, but Open-Billed Stork (Anastomus oscitans) Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos) Bule Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) mating season is in the late spring. Young are bom after 8 months. Marsh Harrier their numbers in the park are very low, and they are usually seen in pairs. They White-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus) (Circus aeruginosus) Rufous Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) Red-thighed Falconet hunt in small packs by day and animals as large as sambar are fair game. White Stork (Cinonia Ciconia) (Microhierax caerulesccns) Red Turtle Dove Peregrine (Streptopelia tranquebarica) HOG DEER (Axis porcinus): Unlike true canids, which have ten teats, wild dogs have twelve to fourteen and Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) (Falco peregrinus japonensis) Iridian Ring Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) Related to the spotted deer, but smaller and far less graceful. The name is Shahin Falcon do not bark like domestic dogs. Their gestation period is about sixty to seventy Black-necked Stork (Xenorhynchus asiaticus) (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) derived from its squat appearance and habit of running with the head down Eurasian days, and four to six blind and helpless young are bom in a litter. Lessser Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos javariicus) (Falco subbuteo) Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) instead of bounding like other deer. Sometimes found in groups, preferring Oriental Hobby Sams Crane (Grus’antigone) (Falco sevens) Rose-ringed Pa rakeet (Psittacula krameri) Red-headed Merlin the grassland margins of the rivers. They are wary animals with acute sense of ASIATIC ELEPHANT (Elephas maximus): Common Crane (Grus gras) (Falco chicquera) Large Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) sight, smell and hearing. The gestation period is eight months. Red-legged Falcon Fifty years ago wild elephants were common in Chitwan. Now the chances of Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) (Falco vespertinus) Rose-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alcxandri) Lesser Kestrel seeing a wild elephant in the valley are extremely slim. A small herd was Black Ibis (Pseudibis papillosa) (Falco naumanni) Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) SAMBAR (Cervus unicolor): Eurasian Kestrel recently reported near Amuwa, inside the park, but the total population in Graylag Goose (Anseranser) (Falco linnunculus) Slaty-headed Parakeet (Psittacula himalayana) This is the largest of the deer in the sub-continent and a large stag may scale Black Partridge Nepal is thought to be only between thirty and fifty, scattered in tiny groups Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) (Francolinus francolinus) Iridian Lorikeet (Loriculus vemalis) 600 to 700 pounds. It has a shaggy brown coat and the stags possess thick Common Quail (Cotumix cotumix) Pied Crested Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) antlers with three tines- the full number of points being reached in the fourth along the country's southern border. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus) Button Quail Lesser Whistling Teal (Dendrocygna javanica) (Tumix tanki) Red-winged Crested Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) year. Forested hillsides are their preferred habitat and a diet of grass, leaves and In spite of its Latin name, the Indian elephant is not the biggest: the African Common Bustard-Quail (Tumix suscitator) Ruddy Shelduck (Tadoma ferruginea) Common Hawk-Cuckoo (Cuculus varius) wild fruits. Powers of sight are moderate, but scent and hearing acute. Rarely bush elephant is larger, the maximum known weight being over 6 tons, Kaiij (Lophura leucomelana) (Anas acuta) Eurasian Cuckoo (Cuculus canoras) found associating in large numbers. Stags leave the hinds after the mating compared with the Asian elephatn's 5 tons. Adult Asiatic males average 9 feet Common Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Common Teal (Anas crecca) Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropteras) season in the fall to lead a solitary life, at the shoulder, and females 8 feet. Red-Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus) Garganey (Anas querquedula) Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) Bailloris Crake (Porzana pusilia) Plaintive Cuckoo BARKING DEER (Muntiacus muntjak): Spotbill (Anas poecilorhyncha) (Cacomantis merulinus) GANGETIC DOLPHIN (Platanista gangeticus): Ruddy Crake (Amauromis fuscus) Drongo Cuckoo (Sumiculus lugubris) This reddish coloured deer, seen singly or in pairs, is the smallest of the four (Anas platyrhynchos) This fresh water dolphin, upto eight feet in lenght, is present in the Narayani Brown Crake (Amauromis akool) Emerald Cuckoo (Chalcites naculalus) kinds of deer found in the Park, prefers densely forested hills but is sometimes Gadwall (Anas strepcra) River on the west side of the Park. It surfaces to breathe every minute or so. White-breasted Waterhen (Amauromis phoenicurus) Large Green-billed Malkoha (Rhopody les tristis) found in the lowlands. The antlers are small, consisting of a short brow-tine Falcated Teal (Anas falcata) Life in turbid waters has resulted in the extreme reduction of the eyes. The jaws Indian Gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) Koel Cuckoo and an unbranched beam. In does tufts of bristly hair replace the homs. The Ucrasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) (Eudynamys scoiopacea) of the animal are well adapted for browsing on bottom living crustaceans. The Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) Sirkeer Cuckoo (Taccocua leschenaultii) name is derived from its alarm call, which sounds rather like a hoarse dog's Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) Coot colour ranges from dark lead to sooty black, the older individuals having a few Shoveler (Fulica atra) Small Coucal (Centropus toulou) (Anas clypeata) Bengal Floncan (Eupodotis bengalensis) lighter patches on the sides. Normally one young is bom after a gestation Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) Large Coucal (Centropus sinensis) period of eight to nine months. (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) Grass (Tyto capensis) Tufted Pochard (Aythya fuligula) Bronze-winged Jacana (MetopUius indicus) SLOTH BEAR (Melursus ursinus): Cotton Teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) Scops Owl (Otus scops) This shaggy black bear with an elongated muzzle and short hind legs is rather Yellow-wattUed Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) SMALL - Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Collared Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena) uncouth in appearance. Despite its name this bear can be very agile on its feet, Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) These include the Langur Monkey (Presbytis eritellus), the Rhesus Merganser (Mergus merganser) Forest Eagle Owl • (Bubo nipalensis) one may weigh 300 pounds or more. Like the Himalayan Black Bear, the Eurasian Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Black-crested Baza (Aviceda leuphotes) Tawny Owl (Bubo flavipes) Macaque (Macaca mulatta), the Jackal (Canis aureus), the Indian Fox Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) Sloth Bear has a white 'V' on its chest. Fruit, honey and , especially Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus) Brown (Bubo zeylonensis) , are the most important food. This bear is quite common in the Park, (Vulpes bengalensis), the Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha). Small Eastern Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) Indian Civet (Viverricula indica), Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus BrahminyKite (Haliasturindus) Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) which is an ideal habitat. The young are bom after seven months and stay Little Ring Plover (Charadrius dubius) hermaphroditus),Spotted Linsang (Porionodon pardicolor). Jungle Cal Honey Kite (Pemis ptilorhyncus) Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum) with the mother until they are two or three years old. Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) (Felis the Leopard Cat (Felis bengalensis), the Fishing Cat (Felis Dark Kite Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) chaus), ( migrans) Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) viverrina), the Yellow-throated Marten (Martes flavigula), Smooth-coated Goshawk Brown Hawk Owl (Ninox scutulata) (Accipiter gentilis) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) WILD BOAR (Sus scrofa): Otter (Lutra persricillata) the Common Mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi). Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus) Curlew Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) (Numenius arqua la) (Caprimulgus macrunrs) With its sparse black coat and bristled mane a large boar may stand three feet at Crab-eating Mongoose (Herpestes urva). Small Indian Mongoose Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter nisus) Long-tailed Nightjar Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) (Caprimulgus indicus) the shoulder and weigh 300 to 400 pounds. The males have razor sharp tusks. (Herpestes auropunctatus). Rufoustailed-Hare (Lepus nigricollis). Hispid Besra Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter virgatus) Common Redshank Jungle Nightjar (Tringa totanus) (Caprimulgus asiaticus) The wild boar is omnivorous and its diet includes roots, tubers, insects, snakes Hare (Caprolagus hispidus), Indian Porcupine (Hystrix indica). Giant Shikra (Accipiter badius) Spotted Redshank Little Nightjar (Tringa erythropus) (Caprimulgus affinis) and carrion. They feed normally in the early morning or late evening. Four to Flying Squirrel (Petaurista petaurista), Great Eastern Horseshoe Bat Long-legged Buteo (Buteo rufinus) Marsh Sandpiper Franklin's Nightjar (Tringa stagnatilis) Red-headed Trogcn (Harpac tes erythrocephalus)