Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, , 2018

Date: 22nd September 2018 to 26th September 2018

Habitat: Montane Forest. Temperate Coniferous. Broad-leaf. Wetland. Riverine. Alluvial. Alpine steppe. Sub Alpine Forest. High altitude marshes. Cultivation Land. Human Habitat.

Temperature Range: 8°C ~ 32°C

Altitude Range: 3,000' to 14,200' (from MSL) in , Lingtam, Nimachen, Padamchen, Zuluk, Dhupidara, Lungthu, Nathang of of Sikkim, India

Bird Checklist (As per Birds of Indian Subcontinent field guide by Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp): 1. Satyr Tragopan (female, one foraging beside hill slope and came on road) 2. Himalayan Monal (one male, one immature and five individual females have been sighted in different locations over four days) 3. Hill Partridge (heard only once on day 3 below ) 4. Ruddy Shelduck (at Bedang Tso - Elephant Lake at 13,800 ft; breeding ground) 5. Cattle Egret (Seen near army camp site, after crossing town) 6. Great Egret (Seen near Sukna, on last day) 7. Great Cormorant (Seen at Melli, perched on rock) 8. Common Kestrel (Sighted one near Laxman Chowk) 9. Crested Serpent Eagle (Seen twice in lower elevation : 5,500 - 6,000 ft from msl) 10. Mountain Hawk Eagle (Seen at Phadamchen forest block) 11. Spotted Dove 12. Oriental Turtle Dove (Seen mostly on Nebara - Ficus aka 'Cattle feeder' and Chaap) 13. Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon (Seen in Phadamchen forest block) 14. Pin-tailed Green Pigeon ( .. do .. ) 15. Barred Cuckoo Dove (heard from a distance at Lingtam river side) 16. Green-billed Malkoha (seen on day one at Rhenok diversion) 17. Indian Cuckoo (two male is seen at 12,400 ft) 18. Asian Barred Owlet (single sighting at 5,500 ft) 19. Common Hoopoe (Seen at 12,000 ft at Ganek) 20. Indian Roller 21. Great Barbet (multiple sightings in mid altitude) 22. Blue-throated Barbet 23. Golden-throated Barbet (sighted twice in mid altitude ¬ 5,300 ft) 24. Grey-headed Woodpecker (Seen twice below Phadamchen) 25. Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (Seen once on day 4, just male is seen) 26. Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike (Seen with mixed flock, Yuhina-Minla etc) 27. Long-tailed Minivet 28. Short-billed Minivet (both the minivets were seen together) 29. Long-tailed Shrike (Three seen at 11,000 ft near Ganek) www.goingwild.in Page 1

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30. Ashy Drongo 31. Spangled Drongo (both from low to mid-altitude) 32. Black Drongo (common on the way till Sevok rail gate - NH 55) 33. Maroon Oriole (Rongli- drive way on day 1 afternoon) 34. Yellow-bellied Fantail (Seen on 4th day, below Phadamchen) 35. White-throated Fantail (seen with mixed flock) 36. Common Green Magpie (near Reshi-Rhenok-Rongli area, multiple calls recorded and sightings) 37. Yellow-billed Green Magpie (near AP Salami) 38. House Crow 39. Large-billed Crow (4-5 individuals seen Below Zuluk-Phadamchen drive way) 40. Red-billed Chough (at Baba Mandir area; sighted thrice; roosting sight at 12,400 ft) 41. Green-backed Tit (multiple ocuurance) 42. Fire-capped Tit (Seen on Chimphing shrubs) 43. Black-throated Tit (mid-altitude bird, seen with other phylloscopus warblers) 44. Yellow-browed Tit (seen with mixed flock on Oak forest) 45. Rufous-vented Tit 46. Spot-winged Tit (both of the above were seen together) 47. Grey-crested Tit (sighted with fire-tailed Myzornis) 48. Nepal House Martin (sighted with Asian House Martin) 49. Asian House martin (huge flock was seen, roosting area identified at 12,000 ft; photographed when roosted) 50. Himalayan Swiftlet (sighted in lower altitude 4,000 ft) 51. Mountain Bulbul (Only two birds were seen at 3,000 ft) 52. Red-vented Bulbul 53. Black Bulbul (multiple sightings, huge flocks : 20-25 individuals in each flock) 54. Grey-sided Bush Warbler (call heard on hilly slopes at 11,000 ft; only call reviewed) 55. Tickell's Leaf Warbler ( flocking on Aconogonum sp. between 10,000 - 12,000 ft) 56. Grey-hooded Warbler 57. Ashy-throated Warbler 58. Buff-barred Warbler 59. Whistler's Warbler (only one spectacled warbler seen) 60. Rufous-capped Babbler (Seen at Phadamchen FRH area) 61. Pygmy Wren Babbler (Seen and call recorded; could not be photographed due to low light on day 4 afternoon) 62. Grey-throated Babbler (heard once, but not seen with Nepal Fulvetta this time) 63. Streak-breasted Scimiter Babbler (seen on early morning on day 5 in Bamboo thicket) 64. White-crested Laughingthrush (Seen near Lingtam - 5-7 in flock) 65. White-throated Laughingthrush (three birds in a pine thicket at 5,200 ft) 66. Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (multiple sightings between 7,000 ft to 11,000 ft; migrated uphill in summer) 67. Black-faced Laughingthrush (seen above 11,000 ft till Laxman Chowk) www.goingwild.in Page 2

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68. Red-tailed Minla (seen with Nuthatch a 5,500 ft) 69. Bar-throated Siva (seen with mixed flock Stripe-throated Yuhina, Green-tailed Sunbird0 70. Green Shrike-babbler 71. Rufous-winged Fulvetta (not overlapped with white-browed Fulvetta; below 8,000 ft) 72. White-browed Fulvetta (multiple sightings between 9,000 ft to 12,000 ft) 73. Rufous Sibia (between 4,000 ft to 9,000 ft) 74. Whiskered Yuhina (seen with Stripe-throated Yuhina at Dzuluk, seen as low as Nimachen FB) 75. Stripe-throated Yuhina (9,000 ft to 12,000 ft; altitudinal upward migration as others, not seen Rufous-vented in this season) 76. Fulvous parrotbill (Only parrotbill seen from this tour, near Dhupidara; Fire-capped Tit was sighted here) 77. Fire-tailed Myzornis (sighted thrice during this tour; 12,000 ft) 78. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch 79. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (both of them seen together near Rongli) 80. White-tailed Nuthatch (seen at Rongli) 81. Rufous-throated Treecreeper (Near Lungthu) 82. Common Myna (at Phadamchen and below) 83. Asian Pied Starling (near Sukna-Salbari) 84. Blue Whistling Thrush 85. Long-billed Thrush (single sighting : Sishey Khola) 86. Rufous-breasted Bush Robin 87. Golen Bush Robin (Both Bush robins at same altitude; 11,500 ft near Ganek) 88. Plumbeous Water Redstart (near mid altitude khola-Jhora-streams) 89. White-capped Redstart (sighted at higher altitude 9,000 ft to 14,400 at Kupup) 90. Common Stonechat (seen in the bush thickets of Aconogonum sp., breeding ground) 91. Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Female and juvenile Male seen) 92. Verditer Flycatcher (at Phadamchen and Below; multiple sightings) 93. Sapphire Flycatcher (One male sighted at Phadamchen Forest Block) 94. Little Pied Flycatcher (near Nimachen; male seen only) 95. Rufous-bellied Niltava (in Bamboo thickets at Phadamchen FB) 96. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher (mid altitude bird) 97. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (near NImachen busty) 98. Black-throated Sunbird (female seen, near NImachen busty) 99. Green-tailed Sunbird (seen below Dzuluk, near plantation nursery till Phadamchen FB) 100. Fire-tailed Sunbird (non-breeding males and females seen, around 10,000 ft-12,000 ft) 101. House Sparrow (saw till we reached Rongli) 102. Russet Sparrow (saw few near Nimachen, common in mid altitude) 103. Eurasian Treesparrow (saw tibetanus ssp, between 10,000 ft to 12,400 ft) 104. Grey Wagtail (seen in mid-altitude Lingtam-Nimachen-Phandamchen drive way) 105. White Wagtail (breeding ground at Gnathang) 106. Collared Grosbeak (Individual female seen on silver fir) www.goingwild.in Page 3

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107. Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch (seen with Common Rosefinch flock; just one female seen) 108. Common Rosefinch (Commonest of all, replaced by White-browed Rosefinch of Summer) 109. Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (saw near Phadamchen SSB camp site; flock of 5)

Mammal checklist (as per the Indian Mammals | A Field Guide by Vivek Menon): 1. Rhesus Macaque 2. Hoary-belied Squirrel 3. Himalayan Striped Squirrel 4. Himalayan Brown Goral 5. Siberian Weasel 6. Forrest's Pika

Participants: 1. Dibyendu Ash (GoingWild’s Birding Mentor) 2. Ravi Muthuswamy 3. Ashok Ghosh 4. Rekha Ghosh

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