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Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Common Name Scientific Name Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Common Name Scientific Name ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Mallard Anas platyrhynchos GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae Rock Pigeon Columba livia Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon Treron sphenurus Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris Alpine Swift Apus melba House Swift Apus nipalensis GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Black Kite Milvus migrans Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis PICIFORMES: Megalaimidae Blue-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii Great Barbet Psilopogon virens Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus PICIFORMES: Picidae Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus Gray-capped Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Oriental Hobby Falco severus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana PASSERIFORMES: Eurylaimidae Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Gray-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae Black-headed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer Blyth's Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aeralatus Green Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Gray-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa flavirostris Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha Common Green-Magpie Cissa chinensis Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus House Crow Corvus splendens Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Common Raven Corvus corax PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea Coal Tit Periparus ater Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Hume's Lark Calandrella acutirostris Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis PASSERIFORMES: Pnoepygidae Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum Nepal House-Martin Delichon nipalense PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius Gray-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides Gray-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae Gray-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major Gray-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus Black-browed Tit Aegithalos iouschistos PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus Brown Parrotbill Cholornis unicolor Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys Gray-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps Blackish-breasted Babbler Stachyris humei PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae Yellow-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus cinereus Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Ianthocincla pectoralis White-throated Laughingthrush Ianthocincla albogularis Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ruficollis Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine Chestnut-crowned
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