Eagle-Eye Tours www.eagle-eye.com [email protected] 1-800-373-5678 BHUTAN 2011 April BIRD SPECIES No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL 1 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea S 2 Gadwall Anas strepera S 3 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope S 4 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos S 5 Common Merganser Mergus merganser S PHEASANTS AND PARTRIDGES 6 Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola H 7 Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus S 8 Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra S 9 Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus S 10 Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos S GREBES Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus S CORMORANTS AND SHAGS 11 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo S HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS 12 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea S 13 White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis S 14 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis N 15 Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii N Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax N HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES 16 Black Kite Milvus migrans S 17 Pallas's Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus S 18 Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis S 19 Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela S 20 Northern (Hen) Harrier Circus cyaneus S 21 Besra Accipiter virgatus S 22 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus S 23 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis S 24 Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo S 25 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis S 26 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis S 27 Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis S FALCONS AND CARACARAS 28 Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus S Page 1 of 7 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 29 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo S 30 Oriental Hobby Falco severus S RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS 31 Black-tailed Crake Amaurornis bicolor S CRANES 32 Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis S PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 33 River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii S IBISBILL 34 Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii S AVOCETS AND STILTS Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta S SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES 35 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos S 36 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus S 37 Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria S GULLS 38 Great Black-headed (Pallas's) Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus S PIGEONS AND DOVES 39 Rock Pigeon Columba livia S 40 Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota S 41 Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis S 42 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis S 43 Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall S 44 Pin-tailed Pigeon Treron apicauda S 45 Wedge-tailed Pigeon Treron sphenurus S PARROTS Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri N CUCKOOS 46 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides S 47 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus S 48 Himalayan (Oriental) Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus H OWLS 49 Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus H 4 50 Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis H 51 Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei S 52 Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides S SWIFTS 53 Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris S 54 Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus S 55 House Swift Apus nipalensis N KINGFISHERS 56 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis S 57 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris S BEE-EATERS 58 Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni S Page 2 of 7 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard HOOPOES 59 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops S HORNBILLS 60 Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis S 61 Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis S ASIAN BARBETS 62 Great Barbet Megalaima virens S 63 Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii S 64 Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica S HONEYGUIDES 65 Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus S WOODPECKERS 66 Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus S 67 Gray-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus S 68 Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus S 69 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius S 70 Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis S 71 Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha S 72 Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia S 73 Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis S SHRIKES 74 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach S 75 Gray-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus S CUCKOO-SHRIKES 76 Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike Coracina melaschistos S 77 Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus S 78 Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris S 79 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus S 80 Gray-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris S 81 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus S LEAFBIRDS 82 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii S CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES 83 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius S 84 Gold-billed Magpie Urocissa flavirostris S 85 Green Magpie Cissa chinensis S 86 Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae S 87 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica S 88 Eurasian (Spotted) Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes S 89 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax S 90 House Crow Corvus splendens S 91 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos S LARKS 92 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula S SWALLOWS 93 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica S Page 3 of 7 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 94 Asian Martin Delichon dasypus S 95 Nepal Martin Delichon nipalense S CHICKADEES AND TITS 96 Coal Tit Periparus ater S 97 Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris S 98 Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous S 99 Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus S 100 Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus S Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys N 101 Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus S 102 Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea S PENDULINE TITS 103 Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps S LONG-TAILED TITS 104 Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus S 105 Black-browed (Rufous-fronted) Tit Aegithalos iouschistos S NUTHATCHES 106 Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea S 107 White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis S WALLCREEPER 108 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria S CREEPERS 109 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris S 110 Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis S DIPPERS 111 Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii S BULBULS 112 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer S 113 White-cheeked (Himalayan) Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys S 114 White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus S 115 Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii S 116 Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala S 117 Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus S CISTICOLAS AND ALLIES 118 Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera S OLD WORLD WARBLERS 119 Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata H 120 Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea H 121 Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler Cettia fortipes S 122 Gray-sided Bush-Warbler Cettia brunnifrons S 123 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius S 124 Tickell's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus affinis S 125 Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher S 126 Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis S 1 127 Pale-rumped (Lemon-rumped) Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus S 128 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus S Page 4 of 7 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 129 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei S 130 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides S 131 Blyth's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides S 132 Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator S 133 Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii S 134 Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri S 135 Gray-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos S 136 Gray-cheeked Warbler Seicercus poliogenys S 137 Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps S 138 Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps S OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS 139 Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea S 140 Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata S 141 Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni S 142 Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris S 143 Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus S 144 Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae S 145 Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara N 146 Pale Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor S 147 Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides S 148 Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis S 149 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus S 150 Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus S 151 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis S 152 Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni S 153 White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps S 154 Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis S 155 White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus S 156 Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri S 157 Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus S 158 Stonechat Saxicola torquatus S 159 Gray Bushchat Saxicola ferreus S THRUSHES AND ALLIES 160 Blue-capped Rock-Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus S 161 Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush Monticola rufiventris S 162 Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius S 163 Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus S 164 Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina S 165 Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor S 166 White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus S 167 Gray-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul S 168 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula S 169 Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophrys H FANTAILS 170 Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha S 171 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis S Page 5 of 7 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard BABBLERS 172 White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis S 173 White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus S 174 Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus S 175 Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis S 176 Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Garrulax rufogularis S 177 Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus S 178 Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis S 179 Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus S 180 Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys S 181 White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps S 182 Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis S 183 Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps S 184 Golden Babbler Stachyris chrysaea S 185 Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris S 186 Cutia Cutia nipalensis S 187 White-browed