RED PANDA TOUR: EASTERN NEPAL
TRIP REPORT DECEMBER 2019
By SANJIB ACHARYA
This Family of Red Panda was the major highlights of the trip
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Travel Date: 15th-22nd December 2019 Participants: Marcelo Galleano Sanjib Acharya (Tour Leader) Dinesh Ghimire (Guide)
Location: Sandakpur, Ilam, Nepal
Overview
Eastern Nepal holds abundance of birds, mammals and bio-diversity. The region is one of the richest part of Nepal in floral and faunal diversity. Maximum area of the region lies within Central Himalayan range and some eastern parts lie in the Eastern Himalayan range; a secure home for globally threatened birds and wildlife. Some districts of eastern Nepal including Ilam, Taplejung and Panchthar holds subtropical and lower temperate forest with maximum rainfall, which are very important habitat for Red Panda Airulus fulgens. Red Panda is one of the major attraction for tourist in eastern Nepal. This tour has been one of the exciting tour for us. Five nights stay in high hills was very productive in many aspects. The first day of the trek; we had wonderful view of magnificent Red Panda family; mother with two juvenile cubs. Second day we collected full bucket of colorful Himalayan birds including the fascinating male Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra, flock of skulking Brown Parrotbill Cholornis unicolor, beautiful Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis, noisy Great Barbet Psilopogon virens, very shy Rufous-breasted Bush-robin Tarsiger hyperythrus, highly gregarious Black- throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis, an endemic to central Himalayas Hoary-throated Barwing Sibia nipalensis, Three different species of Yuhina; Stripe-throated Yuhina gularis, Whiskered Y. flavicollis, Rufous-vented Y. occipitalis, and different varieties of tits and some skittish warblers. On third day we again encountered with the same Panda family of the first day with better weather and lights. Fourth day we luckily get close distance view of another family consisting one mother and two juveniles. The fourth day has quite interesting story, we sent our all four trackers to different locations and waited for one hour taking sunbath on open slope of the hill, suddenly Dinesh noticed some movement in distance and slowly moved forward and did scan around the area and whispered us to take camera with us. We followed him and he took us to the place. It was very close view of Red Panda in my life. The weather was clear and sunny and Pandas are very close in eye-level height, absolutely a splendid view! Last day we had good morning walk in warm sunshine around the village. The morning walk was very productive in birding aspect to find out these colorful beauty of Himalayas: Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis, Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata, Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla, Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis, White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus, Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii were major attractions including varieties of sunbirds, tits and warblers. During our trip we saw total 6 Red Pandas and 224 species of birds; which made our trip very successful.
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Red Pand Tour: Eastern Nepal
th Day 1, 15 December. Bagdogra Airport-Birtamod Marcello had connecting flight from Delhi to Bagdogra in the afternoon and we directly moved to Indo-Nepal border to enter the eastern Nepal. After visa formality in Nepal immigration office at Kakarvitta we drove further west to Birtamod city for overnight stay. After short refreshment we discussed about next morning plan including excitement of whole trip and possibilities of bird varieties and indeed the Red Panda. Due to the long air journey Marcello was quite tired so we decided to take early dinner and went to the bed.
Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis; a commoner one in Himalayan range
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Day 2, 16th December. Travel to Dobate homestay
As planned as last night. We started our drive after warm breakfast and coffee at hotel. We slowly drove to the north from the city watching the typical village settlements in eastern lowland of Nepal. After 30 minutes' drive we saw people shouting at arable and chasing something grand. I asked our driver to take a corner to stop and we jumped out from the jeep. Suddenly a huge male tusker appeared from the small irrigation canal due to irritating noise by the villagers and striding slowly towards forest in own peace. It was good start for the trip with sight of God Ganesha. We got some wetland birds including vulnerable Asian Woolyneck, Black-headed Ibis, Grey-headed Lapwing, Red-wattled Lapwing, White-breasted Waterhen and also picked up other species including Lesser Coucal, Black-headed Bunting, Yellow-footed Green-pigeon, Hill Myna and Brahminy and Chestnut-tailed Starling in the lowland. We then started to drive uphill and enjoyed the beauty of verdant tropical/subtropical forest. We stopped shortly in a place and managed to picked up Black-throated Sunbird, Scarlet Minivet, Common Green Magpie, Red-billed Blue-magpie, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Rosefinch and a nice male Crimson Sunbird. After crossing the forest section we entered into the tea plantation area. We felt the chilled air stroked on our nose with fresh green tea smell. We enjoyed Black Kite, Booted Eagle, Black Eagle, Mountain Hawk Eagle and some Himalayan Vultures soaring overhead. We then stopped for the lunch in a hill station called Ilam bazar. From here we had another four wheelers pick-up to go to the Sandakpur. A narrow and rather bumpy gravel road took 3 hours to take us to the homestay. After Short discussion for tomorrow programs in the evening we enjoyed our first dinner at homestay and went to the bed to give rest to our exhausted body.
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus; Male
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5 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 Day 3, 17th December. Dobate Finally started the much anticipated day where we would spend the first Red Panda tracking morning around the beautiful Sandakpur community forest! Our four trackers were allocated in four different routes including one who was with us. Our first sighting of the morning was Yellow-billed Blue-magpie in early morning. Then we encountered a party of Stripe-throated Yuhinas calling from the rhododendron tree by the trail in a distance. Moist subtropical forest with a few bamboo bushes was the next habitat we walked through; here the highlights were Green-tailed Sunbird; a colorful male posing just a meter in distance, and an elegant rather very capricious male Slaty-backed Flycatcher. Tracking for Red Panda can be rather stressful and more physical, walking through the small trail will be a quite easy till find out the Panda spot. If trackers located the Panda then the real adventures begins with much difficult uphill and downhills in wet bamboo thickets. We were waiting for trackers information; suddenly a tracker came to us and told the good news and our real adventure began. We followed the very difficult path through the bamboo thickets, after hard ups and down walk we reached to the spot in hurry. Three Pandas were sitting together on a branch then a moment later a young came for latrine in a particular place and went up to his mother again. We enjoyed their activities and movement but not good photos due to the poor light and worst background. We then climbed uphill in snowed trail, the temperature was very cold, fog started to cover the hills and cold wind blown in the afternoon. We had hot noodle soup and coffee at a tea house on the way back to homestay; which made us little warmer and gave energy to walk downhill. Evening at leisure.
Slaty-backed Flycatcher ficedula erithacus
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6 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 Day 4, 18th December. Dobate Community forest After breakfast we took some cookies and water and walk along the trekking tails to the different parts of the forest to track different Pandas. The plan was same like yesterday. We sent our three trackers in different areas of the hill and kept one with us. After a while we encounter with two male Satyr Tragopan feeding inside the thick forest undergrowth. We attempted for photo but my camera couldn't focus it properly. We had very nice walk till the top of the ridge and quite gentle downhill walk. We slowly moved down and got a flock of Brown Parrotbill. A moment later we picked up a group of colorful Golden-breasted Fulvetta, Rufous-breasted Bush-robin, Hoary-throated Barwing, Red- headed Bullfinch, Great Barbet, Black-throated Thrush, Coal Tit, Buff-barred, Chestnut-crowned and Ashy-throated Warblers. We then returned to the homestay and enjoyed our hot coffee. Although it was a nice birding day. Female Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula errythrocephala
Day 5, 19th December. Dobate Today we sent all our trackers in early morning to find out the Pandas. Because we want to take good photos before the weather changed. We spent the full morning with Red Panda family to get better shots. They were still in top of the tree and the background was still poor. We kept quiet and waited for long time and finally two young came for latrine and poses for some good shorts. It seemed like they just awake and came to their usual work. We enjoyed watching their activities like yawning, licking nose, walking to their mothers, again back to the latrine spot, sniffing and checking properly happened or not and rubbing vent on branch etc… After that we slowly moved back to the homestay enjoying other Himalayan birds including Black-faced Laughingthrush, Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher, Yellow-browed Tit, White-browed and Rufous- winged Fulvettas, Darjeeling Woodpecker to name a few. A satisfactory day for Panda and Birds. Evening was quite surprising for me. Today was my birthday and Dinesh and Sange dai
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7 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 (homestay owner) prepared a surprise birthday cake for me. The cake was made by flour of Phapar (Buck Wheat); an organic crops in mountain. I was overwhelmed by their surprise and warm hospitality.
A selfie Pose with marcello and Dinesh Cutting organic cake from the himalayas
Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
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Day 6, 20th December. Dobate We started with early breakfast and follow the same track of Day 4. We were moving forward enjoying all bird calls and Dinesh and I started playing a game "Guess the Call"; In this game one can ask any call of bird and another have to guess the correct bird species, who guess the correct gets a point and looser losses a point. It was quite funny game to refresh your mind and tired body during stressful walking. A moment later our tracker told us to stay at a particular place and went to track the Panda. Dinesh, Marcello and I was laying on ground and taking warm sunshine and sometimes scanning the ridge and the blue sky. We got some Himalayan Vultures and Steppe Eagle soaring overhead and moving very fast to unknown destination. Suddenly an Eurasian Sparrowhawk came and perched on nearby tree and shake his tail and flew off. A moment later we heard a painful bird call nearby and thought that might be the same sparrowhawk got his morning breakfast. Dinesh was very curious to know about that unlucky fellow just got snatched by the sparrowhawk and pursued him but before to know the species the sparrowhawk flew again taking his prey with. At the same time Dinesh noticed something walking into the valley making some noise on foliage and slowly coated himself behind a tree and kept eyes in the valley. A mother with her two cubs appeared and not being any late he whispered me to come with camera. First I did not understand and later he said "Red Panda" in very squeaky voice, we then ran toward him. They climbed up in a tree from the bottom of the valley and came up very close to the ridge. We slowly moved further to capture them within frame. It was very close and better positioned view of my life. We took enough time till our card get full. We then back to homestay, rest entire day in sun.
Cute pose of Red Panda
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Day 7, 21st December. Dobate to Ilam A beautiful and leisure morning spent doing a short village walk and bird photography. This morning we picked up some new birds for the trip including Altia Accentor, Little Bunting, Dark- breasted Rosefich, Rufous-breasted Accentor, Olive-backed Pipit, Golden-throated Barbet, Green- tailed Sunbird and Siberian Stonechat. After a productive birding session we then moved back to homestay and packed our baggage and transferred to the hill town Ilam Bazar. On the way back to Ilam we had good chance to picked up some new birds for the trip; Straited Prinia, Russet Sparrow, Slaty-backed Forktail, Plumbeous Redstart, White-capped Redstart, Grey Treepie to name a few. Overnight at Ilam Bazar.
Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
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Day 8, 22nd December. Drive from Ilam to Bagdogra Airport Today was last day of the trip. We drove to Kakarvitta and did immigration formalities and entered to India and follow same formalities and transferred to the Bagdogra airport. Marcello had another trip for tiger in Kaziranga and Nameri so he flew off to Guhati and I had another tour to Corbett National Park so I flew off to Delhi. The exciting tour of Eastern Himalayas was very successful in many aspects.
Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata; a winter visitor to the Himalayas
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Red Panda Trip: Birds and Mammals Checklist- December 2019 Status: Global Status in Bold and National Status in Regular font SN Order/Family/English name Scientific name Status GALLIFORMES Phasianidae 1 Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola 2 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus 3 Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra III, #, VU 4 Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos III ANSERIFORMES Anatidae 5 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea PODICIPEDIFORMES Podicipedidae COLUMBIFORMES Columbidae 6 Rock Dove Columba livia 7 Speckled Woodpigeon Columba hodgsonii 8 Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis 9 Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto 10 Red Turtle-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica 11 Western Spotted Dove Spilopelia suratensis 12 Yellow-footed Green-pigeon Treron phoenicopterus 13 Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon Treron sphenurus Apodidae 14 Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris 15 Asian Palm-swift Cypsiurus balasiensis 16 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 17 House Swift Apus nipalensis CUCULIFORMES Cuculidae 17 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis 19 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis 20 Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis GRUIFORMES Rallidae 21 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Ciconiidae 22 Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus VU, VU 23 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans VU www.asianadventures.net [email protected]
12 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 24 Asian Woollyneck Ciconia episcopus VU Threskiornithidae 25 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus 26 Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa PELECANIFORMES Ardeidae 27 Indian Pond-heron Ardeola grayii 28 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 29 Little Egret Egretta garzetta SULIFORMES Phalacrocoracidae 30 Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger CHARADRIIFORMES 31 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus 32 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Scolopacidae 33 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus STRIGIFORMES Strigidae 34 Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei II 35 Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides II 36 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum II 37 Spotted Owlet Athene brama II ACCIPITRIFORMES Accipitridae 38 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus II 39 Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus II 40 Crested Serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela II 41 Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis II, VU 42 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis EN 43 Mountain Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nipalensis II 44 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis II 45 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata II 46 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus II 47 Shikra Accipiter badius II 48 Besra Accipiter virgatus II 49 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus II 50 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis II 51 Black Kite Milvus migrans II TROGONIFORMES Upupidae 52 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
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13 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 CORACIIFORMES Meropidae 53 Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Alcedinidae 54 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 55 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris 56 White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis PICIFORMES Megalaimidae 57 Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus 58 Great Barbet Psilopogon virens 59 Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus 60 Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii 61 Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus Picidae 62 Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus 63 Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense 64 Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus 65 Black-naped Woodpecker Picus guerini 66 Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei 67 Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis CARIAMIFORMES Falconidae 68 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus II PSITTACIFORMES Psittacidae 69 Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana II 70 Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala II 71 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri PASSERIFORMES Oriolidae 72 Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii 73 Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus Vireonidae 74 White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus 75 Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus 76 White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca Campephagidae 77 Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus 78 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus 79 Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei 80 Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
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14 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 Artamidae 81 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus Vangidae 82 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus Aegithinidae 83 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia Rhipiduridae 84 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis Dicruridae 85 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus 86 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus 87 White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens 88 Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus 89 Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus Laniidae 90 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 91 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach 92 Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus Corvidae 93 Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda 94 Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae 95 Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris 96 Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha 97 Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis 98 Plain-crowned Jay Garrulus bispecularis EN 99 Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila 100 House Crow Corvus splendens 101 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Stenostiridae 102 Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus 103 Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis Paridae 104 Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus 105 Coal Tit Periparus ater 106 Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris 107 Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous 108 Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus 109 Great Tit Parus major 110 Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys Cisticolidae 111 Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera 112 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
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15 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 Hirundinidae 113 Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense 114 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 115 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Pycnonotidae 116 Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii 117 Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus 118 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus 119 Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys 120 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Phylloscopidae 121 Hume's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus humei 122 Lemon-rumped Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus 123 Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher 124 Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis 125 Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus tristis 126 Tickell's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus affinis 127 Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps 128 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 129 Blyth's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus reguloides 130 Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos 131 Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer 132 Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata 133 Aberrant Bush-warbler Horornis flavolivaceus Aegithalidae 134 Red-headed Tit Aegithalos iredalei Sylviidae 135 Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis VU 136 White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus 137 Brown Parrotbill Cholornis unicolor VU 138 Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis Zosteropidae 139 Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis 140 Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis 141 Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis 142 Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus Timaliidae 143 Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler Erythrogenys erythrogenys 144 Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops Pellorneidae 145 Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps Leiotrichidae
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16 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 146 Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata 147 Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata 148 White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus 149 White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis 150 Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum 151 Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine 152 Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum 153 Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata 154 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea II 155 Hoary-throated Barwing Sibia nipalensis 156 Blue-winged Minla Siva cyanouroptera 157 Bar-throated Minla Chrysominla strigula Sittidae 158 Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris 159 White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis Sturnidae 160 Asian Pied Starling Gracupica contra 161 Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum 162 Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica 163 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 164 Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus 165 Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa II Turdidae 166 Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul 167 White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus 168 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Muscicapidae 169 Oriental Magpie-robin Copsychus saularis 170 Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara 171 Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae 172 Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus 173 Bluethroat Cyanecula svecica 174 Rufous-breasted Bush-robin Tarsiger hyperythrus 175 Himalayan Bush-robin Tarsiger rufilatus 176 White-browed Bush-robin Tarsiger indicus 177 Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus 178 Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus 179 Blue Whistling-thrush Myophonus caeruleus 180 Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus 181 Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor 182 Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata 183 Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
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17 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 184 Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis 185 White-capped Water-redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus 186 Plumbeous Water-redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus 187 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 188 Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush Monticola rufiventris 189 Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius 190 Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferreus 191 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Chloropseidae 192 Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons 193 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii Dicaeidae 194 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus Nectariniidae 195 Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus 196 Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda 197 Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata 198 Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis 199 Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja Prunellidae 200 Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana 201 Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata 202 Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata Chloropseidae 203 Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis VU 204 Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus Estrildidae 205 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata 206 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata Passeridae 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 208 Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus 209 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Motacillidae 210 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 211 Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus 212 Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus 213 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 214 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 215 White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis 216 White Wagtail Motacilla alba Fringillidae
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18 | T R I P R E P O R T Red Panda Tour: Eastern Nepal- December 2019 217 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 218 Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala 219 Gold-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta VU 220 Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis 221 Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola 222 Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides Emberizidae 223 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala VU 224 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla VU
Mammals 1 Asian Elephant Elephas maximus 2 Himalayan Goral Naemorhedus goral 3 Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis 4 Rhesus Monkey Macaca mulatta 6 Red Panda Ailurus fulgens EN
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