Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, October (i) 2016

Date:

5th October 10th October 2016

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

Temperature Range:

5°C ~ 22°C

Altitude Range:

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

Bird Checklist (As per of Indian Subcontinent field guide by Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp): 1. Hill Partridge (H) 2. Blood Pheasant 3. Satyr Tragopan 4. Himalayan Monal 5. Common Kestrel (Imm - Dead) 6. Eurasian Sparrowhawk 7. Himalayan Buzzard 8. Crested Serpent Eagle 9. Common Pigeon 10. Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon 11. Oriental Turtle Dove

Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, October (i) 2016

12. Spotted Dove 13. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo 14. Eurasian Cuckoo 15. Himalayan Swiftlet 16. Common Hoopoe 17. White-throated Kingfisher 18. Common Kingfisher 19. Great Barbet 20. Blue-throated Barbet 21. Grey-headed Woodpecker 22. Greater Yellownape 23. Common Woodshrike 24. Grey-backed Shrike 25. Long-tailed Shrike 26. Spangled Drongo 27. Black Drongo 28. Yellow-bellied Fantail 29. White-throated Fantail 30. Yellow-billed Blue Magpie 31. Common Green Magpie 32. Grey Treepie 33. Large-billed Crow 34. House Crow 35. Red-billed Chough 36. Green-backed Tit 37. Rufous-vented Tit 38. Coal Tit 39. Fire-capped Tit 40. House Martin 41. Barn Swallow 42. Himalayan Bulbul 43. Red-vented Bulbul 44. Black Bulbul 45. Common Tailorbird 46. Grey-sided Bush Warbler 47. Tickell's Leaf Warbler 48. Buff-barred Warbler 49. Mandelli's Leaf Warbler 50. Greenish Warbler 51. Whistler's Warbler 52. Grey-hooded Warbler

Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, October (i) 2016

53. Chestnut-crowned Warbler 54. Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler 55. Rufous-capped Babbler 56. White-crested Laughingthrush 57. Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush 58. Striated Laughingthrush 59. Scaly Laughingthrush 60. Black-faced Laughingthrush 61. Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush 62. Red-billed Leiothrix 63. Blue-winged Siva 64. Bar-throated Siva 65. White-browed Fulvetta 66. Rufous Sibia 67. Whiskered Yuhina 68. Stripe-throated Yuhina 69. Rufous-vented Yuhina 70. Black-throated Parrotbill 71. Fire-tailed Myzornis 72. Oriental White-eye 73. White-tailed Nuthatch 74. Brown-throated Treecreeper 75. Common Myna 76. Blue-whistling Thrush 77. Blue-capped Rock Thrush 78. White-browed Shortwing 79. Golden Bush Robin 80. Oriental Magpie Robin 81. Plumbeous Water Redstart 82. White-capped Redstart 83. Blue-fronted Redstart 84. Little Forktail 85. Slaty-backed Forktail 86. Common Stonechat 87. Grey Bushchat 88. Asian Brown Flycatcher 89. Dark-sided Flycatcher 90. Little Pied Flycatcher 91. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher 92. Rufous-bellied Niltava (♂) 93. Vivid Niltava (♀ only)

Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, October (i) 2016

94. Large Niltava (♀ and Juv) 95. Orange-bellied Leafbird 96. Crimson Sunbird (H) 97. Green-tailed Sunbird 98. House Sparrow 99. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 100. Accentor (?) 101. White Wagtail 102. Grey Wagtail 103. Olive-backed Pipit 104. Rosy Pipit 105. Blyth's Pipit 106. Yellow-breasted Greenfinch 107. Common Rosefinch 108. Dark-breasted Rosefinch 109. White-browed Rosefinch

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

Participants: 1. Dibyendu Ash(L) 2. Vinodh Ve 3. Glay Namgyal Bhutia