Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary_April 2017

Date: 8th April 2017 (2 PM onwards) to 11th April 2017 (till 11 PM)

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 ~ 25°C

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

Bird Checklist (As per of Indian Subcontinent field guide by Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp):

1. Kalij Pheasant 2. Himalayan Monal 3. Eurasian Weagion 4. Brahminy Duck 5. Great Cormorant 6. Common Kestrel 7. Eurasian Sparrowhawk 8. Himalayan Buzzard 9. Mountain Hawk Eagle 10. Black Eagle 11. Himalayan Vulture 12. Crested Serpent Eagle 13. Common Pigeon 14. Oriental Turtle Dove 15. Spotted Dove 16. Large Hawk Cuckoo 17. Asian Barred Owlet 18. Indian Roller 19. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater 20. Great Barbet 21. Blue-throated Barbet 22. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker 23. Greater Yellownape 24. Lesser Yellownape 25. Grey-headed Woodpecker 26. Large Woodshrike 27. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike 28. Short-billed Minivet 29. Scarlet Minivet 30. Long-tailed Shrike 1

Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary_April 2017

31. Spangled Drongo 32. Ashy Drongo 33. White-throated Fantail 34. Yellow-billed Blue Magpie 35. Common Green Magpie 36. Large-billed Crow 37. House Crow 38. Red-billed Chough 39. Green-backed Tit 40. Spot-winged Tit 41. Rufous-vented Tit 42. Black-throated Tit 43. House Martin 44. Barn Swallow 45. Himalayan Bulbul 46. Striated Bulbul 47. Red-vented Bulbul 48. Black Bulbul 49. Black-throated Prinia 50. Common Tailorbird 51. Grey-sided Bush Warbler 52. Hume's Bush Warbler 53. Tickell's Leaf Warbler 54. Buff-barred Warbler 55. Ashy-throated Warbler 56. Hume's Leaf Warbler 57. Greenish Warbler 58. Whistler's Warbler 59. Grey-hooded Warbler 60. Chestnut-crowned Warbler 61. Rufous-capped Babbler 62. Grey-throated Babbler 63. Golden Babbler 64. Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler 65. Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler 66. White-throated Laughingthrush 67. Striated Laughingthrush 68. White-crested Laughingthrush 69. Black-faced Laughingthrush 70. Scaly Laughingthrush 71. Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

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Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary_April 2017

72. Rusty-fronted Barwing 73. Red-billed Leiothrix 74. Blue-winged Siva 75. Red-tailed Minla 76. Bar-throated Siva 77. Black-eared Shrike-babbler 78. Himalayan Shrike-babbler 79. Golden-breasted Fulvetta 80. Rufous-winged Fulvetta 81. White-browed Fulvetta 82. Rufous Sibia 83. Whiskered Yuhina 84. Strip-throated Yuhina 85. Rufous-vented Yuhina 86. Black-chinned Yuhina 87. Fire-tailed Myzornis 88. Oriental White-eye 89. Chestnut-bellied NUthatch 90. White-tailed Nuthatch 91. Brown-throated Treecreeper 92. Rusty-flanked Treecreeper 93. Blue Whistling Thrush 94. Alpine Thrush 95. Grey-winged Blackbird 96. Black-throated Thrush 97. White-browed Bush Robin 98. Golden Bush Robin 99. Plumbeous Water Redstart 100. White-capped Redstart 101. Blue-fronted Redstart 102. Spotted Forktail 103. Slaty-backed Forktail 104. Grey Bushchat 105. Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush 106. Blue-capped Rock Thrush 107. Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher 108. Little Pied Flycatcher 109. Verditer Flycatcher 110. Pale Blue Flycatcher 111. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher 112. Large Niltava

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Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary_April 2017

113. Small NIltava 114. Rufous-bellied Niltava 115. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker 116. Black-throated Sunbird 117. Fire-tailed Sunbird 118. Green-tailed Sunbird 119. Eurasian Treesparrow 120. Alpine Accentor 121. Rufous-breasted Accentor 122. Grey Wagtail 123. Olive-backed Pipit 124. Plain Mountain Finch 125. White-browed Rosefinch

Mammal checklist (as per the Indian Mammals | A Field Guide by Vivek Menon):

1. Himalayan Brown Goral 2. Himalayan Striped Squirrel 3. Moupin’s Pika 4. Assamese Macaque 5. Rhesus Macaque 6. Siberian Weasel

Participants:

1. Dibyendu Ash [L] 2. Juee Khopkar 3. Rajashree 4. Vinodh VE 5. Shiva Kumar

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