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Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim Sept-Oct 2019 Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim_Sept-Oct 2019 Date: 27th April to 1st May 2019 Habitat: Broad-leaf. Montane Forest. Terai Grassland. Riverine / Streams / Dam. Alluvial. Human Habitat. Temperature Range: 4°C ~ 28°C Places: Siliguri, Reshi (Detour), Rongli, Lingtham, Agamlok (Detour), Nimachen, Phadamchen, Dzuluk, Thambi, Ganek, Laxman Chowk, Gnathang, Baba Mandir, Kupup Bird Checklist (As per Birds of Indian Subcontinent field guide by Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp): Total Number of Species 109 Sep- Sep- Sep- Sep- Oct- Date 27 28 29 30 01 Number of Species 15 40 26 38 24 Sl Species Name No 1 Himalayan Monal Y Y 2 Kalij Pheasant Y 3 Rock Pigeon Y Y 4 Oriental Turtle-Dove Y 5 Spotted Dove Y Y 6 Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon Y 7 Green-billed Malkoha Y 8 White-rumped Needletail Y 9 Himalayan Swiftlet Y 10 Little/House Swift Y 11 Cattle Egret Y 12 Mountain Hawk-Eagle Y 13 Black Eagle Y 14 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Y 15 Mountain Scops-Owl Y 16 Asian Barred Owlet Y 17 Eurasian Hoopoe Y 18 Great Barbet Y Y 19 Golden-throated Barbet Y 20 Blue-throated Barbet Y Y Y 21 Gray-capped Woodpecker Y 22 Bay Woodpecker Y 23 Lesser Yellownape Y 24 Eurasian Kestrel Y Y 25 Black-winged Cuckooshrike Y www.goingwild.in Page 1 Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim_Sept-Oct 2019 26 Blyth's Shrike-Babbler Y 27 Maroon Oriole Y Y 28 Black Drongo Y Y 29 Ashy Drongo Y Y 30 Bronzed Drongo Y 31 Hair-crested Drongo Y Y 32 Brown Shrike Y 33 Long-tailed Shrike Y Y 34 Common Green-Magpie Y Y 35 Gray Treepie Y Y Y 36 Eurasian Nutcracker Y 37 House Crow Y Y 38 Large-billed Crow Y 39 Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Y Y 40 Fire-capped Tit Y 41 Coal Tit Y Y 42 Rufous-vented Tit Y Y 43 Gray-crested Tit Y 44 Green-backed Tit Y Y 45 Red-rumped Swallow Y 46 Asian House-Martin Y Y 47 Nepal House-Martin Y 48 Red-vented Bulbul Y Y Y 49 Himalayan Bulbul Y Y 50 Black Bulbul Y 51 Buff-barred Warbler Y Y 52 Hume's Warbler Y 53 Lemon-rumped Warbler Y 54 Tickell's Leaf Warbler Y 55 Greenish Warbler Y 56 Blyth's Leaf Warbler Y 57 Fire-tailed Myzornis Y Y 58 White-browed Fulvetta Y 59 Brown Parrotbill Y 60 Black-chinned Yuhina Y 61 Indian White-eye Y 62 White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Y 63 Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Y 64 Striated Laughingthrush Y 65 White-crested Laughingthrush Y Y 66 Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Y 67 Spotted Laughingthrush Y 68 Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Y 69 Blue-winged Laughingthrush Y www.goingwild.in Page 2 Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim_Sept-Oct 2019 70 Rufous Sibia Y Y 71 Silver-eared Mesia Y Y 72 Red-billed Leiothrix Y 73 Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Y 74 White-tailed Nuthatch Y 75 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Y 76 Spotted Elachura Y 77 Brown Dipper Y 78 Common Myna Y 79 Orange-headed Thrush Y 80 Oriental Magpie-Robin Y 81 Blue Whistling-Thrush Y 82 Slaty-backed Forktail Y Y 83 White-browed Bush-Robin Y 84 Golden Bush-Robin Y 85 Blue-fronted Redstart Y 86 Plumbeous Redstart Y Y 87 White-capped Redstart Y 88 Blue Rock-Thrush Y 89 Siberian Stonechat Y Y 90 Gray Bushchat Y 91 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Y 92 Green-tailed Sunbird Y 93 Crimson Sunbird Y 94 Streaked Spiderhunter Y Y 95 Orange-bellied Leafbird Y 96 White-rumped Munia Y 97 Rufous-breasted Accentor Y 98 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Y 99 Gray Wagtail Y 100 White Wagtail Y 101 Blyth's Pipit Y 102 Rosy Pipit Y 103 Olive-backed Pipit Y Y 104 Collared Grosbeak Y 105 Common Rosefinch Y 106 Dark-rumped Rosefinch Y 107 Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Y 108 Dark-breasted Rosefinch Y 109 Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Y www.goingwild.in Page 3 .
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