Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary_East district_Sikkim_India_May 2018

Date: 2nd May 2018 to 6th May 2018

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

Temperature Range: -4°C ~ 32°C [such dip in temperature because of snowfall]

Altitude Range: 3000' to 13500' (from MSL) in Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, Sikkim,

Bird Checklist (As per of Indian Subcontinent field guide by Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp): 1. Rufous-throated Partridge (Heard) 2. Himalayan Monal 3. Great Cormorant 4. Common Kestrel 5. Black Eagle 6. Crested Serpent Eagle 7. Eurasian Sparrowhawk 8. Himalayan Buzzard 9. Common Pigeon 10. Barred Cuckoo Dove 11. Oriental Turtle Dove 12. Asian Barred Owlet 13. Himalayan Swiftlet 14. White-throated Kingfisher 15. Great Barbet 16. Golden-throated Barbet 17. Blue-throated Barbet 18. Greater Yellownape 19. Lesser Yellownape 20. Grey-headed Woodpecker 21. Short-billed Minivet 22. Long-tailed Minivet 23. Scarlet Minivet 24. Long-tailed Shrike (tricolor) 25. Spangled Drongo 26. Bronze Drongo 27. Yellow-bellied Fantail 28. White-throated Fantail 29. Common Green Magpie 30. Grey Treepie 31. Large-billed Crow 32. House Crow 33. Large-billed Crow 34. Red-billed Chough 35. Green-backed Tit

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36. Sultan Tit 37. Black-throated Tit 38. Nepal House Martin 39. Himalayan Bulbul 40. Red-vented Bulbul 41. Black Bulbul 42. Ashy Bulbul 43. Black-throated Prinia 44. Common Tailorbird 45. Grey-sided Bush Warbler 46. Buff-barred Warbler 47. Ashy-throated Warbler 48. Mandellie's Leaf Warbler 49. Whistler's Warbler 50. Chestnut-crowned Warbler 51. Rufous-capped Babbler 52. Golden Babbler 53. Grey-throated Babbler 54. Streak-brested Scimitar Babbler 55. Black-faced Laughingthrush 56. Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush 57. Striated Laughingthrush 58. Spotted Laughingthrush 59. Red-billed Leiothrix 60. Blue-winged Siva 61. Bar-throated Siva 62. Red-tailed Minla 63. White-browed Shrike-babbler 64. Black-eared Shrike-babbler 65. Rufous-winged Fulvetta 66. White-browed Fulvetta 67. Golden-breasted Fulvetta 68. Rufous Sibia 69. Whiskered Yuhina 70. Stripe-throated Yuhina 71. Oriental White-eye 72. White-tailed Nuthatch 73. Chestnut-vented Nuthatch 74. Rusty-flanked Treecreeper 75. Brown-throated Treecreeper 76. Common Myna 77. Common Hill Myna 78. Blue-whistling Thrush 79. Grey-winged Blackbird 80. Rufous-breasted Bush Robin 81. Golden Bush Robin 82. Himalayan Bluetail 83. Plumbeous Water Redstart

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84. White-capped Redstart 85. Blue-fronted Redstart 86. Little Forktail 87. Slaty-backed Forktail 88. Grey Bushchat 89. Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush 90. Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher 91. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher 92. Large Niltava 93. Small Niltava 94. Rufous-bellied Niltava 95. Rufous-gorgated Flycacther 96. Asian Brown Flycacther 97. Verditer Flycatcher 98. Streaked Spiderhunter 99. Green-tailed Sunbird 100. Black-throated Sunbird 101. Fire-tailed Sunbird 102. Fire-tailed Myzornis 103. Eurasian Treesparrow 104. Russet Sparrow 105. Plain Mountain Finch 106. Alpine 107. Rufous-breasted Accentor 108. Robin Accentor 109. 110. Grey Wagtail 111. Olive-backed Pipit 112. Dark-breasted Rosefinch 113. White-browed Rosefinch

Mammal checklist (as per the Indian Mammals | A Field Guide by Vivek Menon): 1. Himalayan Brown Goral 2. Himalayan Serow 3. Himalayan Striped Squirrel 4. Hoary-bellied Squirrel 5. Moupin’s Pika 6. Large-eared Pika 7. Assamese Macaque

Participants: 1. Dibyendu Ash [ Tour Leader] 2. Anupam Gupta 3. Mandar Godbole 4. Dev Anand Paul 5. Subhasmita Patra 6. Dhananjay Joshi 7. Jayanth Gole

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