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NE INDIA 2018 by Starling Reizen North-east India: a report on the birds seen during a trip to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh from 31 March till 15 April 2018 Blue-naped Pitta at Koklabari Agriculture Farm, photographed by Pablo Vercruysse © 2018 Leader: David Van den Schoor Participants: Rudy Lenaerts, Pablo Vercruysse, Herwig Blockx and Paul De Cnodder INTRODUCTION After an exploration trip last year, this was Starling's first tour to Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, which, though discovered only recently, has proved very popular among the more adventurous of the birding community. Combined with nearby areas in western Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, in India’s remote northeast corner, it offers a fantastic range of special birds. Despite some windy and wet weather on occasions, we had fair weather for most of our trip, enabling us to enjoy the birding. Altogether, we recorded a total of 450 species, during our 14 days but as always, it is quality, not quantity that impressed us most. Birding highlights of this wonderful tour included a male Blyth’s Tragopan, which we saw quite well, Himalayan Monals, tame and noisy Snow Partridges, displaying Bengal Floricans, walk away views on a fantastic male Blue-naped Pitta, several amazing Ward’s Trogons, excellent views on both males and females Rufous-necked Hornbills, close-up views on many grassland specialities like Indian and Bristled Grassbirds, Black-breasted Parrotbills, Jerdon’s Babbler and Finn’s Weavers. Five of the rare White-winged Duck at Nameri, great views of Spotted Elachuras, Long-billed and Bar-winged Wren- babblers, male and female Fire-tailed Mysornis and a large gathering of Greater Adjutants at their home dump. Amongst this species recorded there were many other memorable birds: sight observations of Swamp Francolins, four species of vultures, three species of harriers, many Pallas’s Fish Eagles, a pair of Black-tailed Crakes, Solitary Snipe, a confiding Long-billed Plover, Snow Pigeons, Brown Fish Owls, Dusky eagle Owls, Blyth’s swifts at their nestholes, several beautiful Great Hornbills, Pale-headed Woodpeckers, a nice Collared Treepie, single Fire-capped Tits, singing Pale-footed Bush Warblers at Manas, Slender-billed Scimitar Babblers, Spotted, Scaly and Blue-winged Laughingthrushes, Himalayan Cutia’s, Slaty-blue, Ultramarine, Sapphire and the scare Ferruginous Flycatcher, Tickell’s, Alpine and Scaly Thrushes, Brown-throated Fulvetta’s, Grey-headed and White-breasted Parrotbills, Yellow-vented, and Broad-billed Warblers, Rufous-fronted Tit, Fire-tailed Sunbird (and six other sunbirds), Red-headed and Grey-headed Bullfinches, Dark-breasted, Dark-rumped, Red-fronted and Himalayan White-browed Rosefinches, Collared Grosbeak, Scarlet and Gold-naped Finches, good numbers of Tibetan Serins and Yellow-breasted Greenfinches. We also saw a number of exciting mammals on this tour, including Asian Elephants, Gaurs, Indian Rhinoceros, Bengal Tiger, Indian Boars, Wild Water Buffalo, Swamp, Musc and Hog Deers, Smooth Indian Otters, Himalayan Yellow-throated Martin, and Paul was very lucky to spot the extremely rare Pygmy Hog around our lodge in Manas NP at night. Taken together, this was a very successful trip, with many exciting and amusing memories. ITINERARY 31/03 : KLM flights Brussels Amsterdam and Amsterdam Delhi. 01/04: Am: Air India flight Delhi Guwahati. Pm: Guwahati dump (15:30 till 17:00) + drive to Kaziranga NP. 02/04: Am: Jhupuri Lodge area (05:30 till 07:30) and Eastern range Kaziranga NP (08:00 till 12:00). Pm: Central range Kaziranga NP (13:30 till 18:00). 03/04: Am: Jhupuri Lodge area (05:30 till 06:30) and drive to Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. Pm: birding en route above Sessa towards Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. (14:30 till 18:00). 04/04: Am & pm: Lama Camp surroundings (05:00 till 12:30 and 13:30 till 21:00). 05/04: Am: Lama Camp – Tragodanda trail - Eaglenest Pass (05:15 till 12:30). Pm: Blyth’s Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp surroundings (13:30 till 18:00). 06/04: Am & pm: Bompu Camp - New Khellong (05:00 till 18:00). 07/04 : Am & pm: Khellong - Sessni - Bompu Camp (05:00 till 20:00). 08/04: Am: Bompu Camp - Chakoo - Sunderview - Eaglenest Pass - (05:30 till 12:30). Pm: Lama Camp + drive to Dirang (13:30 till 20:30). 09/04: Am: Se La Pass (03:30 till 14:00). Pm: Sanghti valley (16:10 till 17:30). 10/04: Am & pm: Mandala Road (05:30 till 18:30). 11/04 : Am: drive to Nameri NP + stop at Sessa (05:30 till 13:00). Pm: birding at Nameri Eco Camp surroundings (15:15 till 18:00). 12/04: Am: drive to Manas NP (05:30 till 13:00). Pm: Koklabari Agriculture Farm (14:30 till 18:00). 13/04: Am: Kuribeel Grassland (06:00 till 12:30). Pm: Mathanguri (14:00 till 20:00). 14/04: Am: Makhibaha Grassland (05:00 till 12:30). Pm: drive to Guwahati (14:00 till 17:00) Flights Guwahati Delhi. 15/04 : Flight Delhi Amsterdam and train Amsterdam Antwerp/Brussels. SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BIRDS Taxonomy strictly follows names and sequence of the IOC Bird List, updated till Januari 2018 (version 8.1). Some potential taxonomic splits are listed separately in a note as well as endemic species and threatened species on the IUCN Red List “Threatened Birds of the World” – BirdLife International (2000), see also http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/india . The Bird list contains only species positively identified by at least one of us. Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica 01/04/2018 - Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c10 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c30 12/04/2018 - En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - 2 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 2 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 4 White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata 11/04/2018 - Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) – no less then 5 birds flew low over the woodlands at dusk, a unexpected bonus! Note: This species is qualified as Endangered by BirdLife International Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c20 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c15 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c40 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 100+ Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c50 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c10 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c25 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa 09/04/2018 - Se La Pass - 3 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus 14/04/2018 - Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 4 seen + 2 heard Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola 05/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp - Tragopanda trail - Eaglenest Pass - Blyth's Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard 08/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Chakoo - Sunderview - Eaglenest Pass - Lama Camp) - 3 heard 10/04/2018 - Mandala Road - a few heard Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii 05/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp - Tragopanda trail - Eaglenest Pass - Blyth's Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard 06/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) – 2 briefly 07/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) – 2 briefly Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii 04/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 heard 08/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Chakoo - Sunderview - Eaglenest Pass - Lama Camp) – it took a while but after all nice views on 1 male Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii 05/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp - Tragopanda trail - Eaglenest Pass - Blyth's Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard distantly Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus 09/04/2018 - Se La Pass - 1 male + female Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 seen + a few heard 13/04/2018 - Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 5 14/04/2018 - Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) – 4 Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos 06/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - 1 07/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 5 13/04/2018 - Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 male Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum 06/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - 4 heard 07/04/2018 - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c6 heard Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 13/04/2018 - Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c30 14/04/2018 - Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c10 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans 01/04/2018 - Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - 3 01/04/2018 - Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - 4 02/04/2018 - Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 100+
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