Scolopacidae « Birds of Nepal

Wood Sandpiper

Posted on June 14, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Tringa glareola
Nepali Name: वन सुडसुडिया (Ban Sudsudiya)

IMG_6493-2 — Jagadishpur Reservoir, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 110 m. 5 February, 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Common Greenshank

Posted on January 6, 2017 Updated on November 11, 2020

Tringa nebularia
Nepali Name: टिमटिमा (Timtimaa)

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 5 November, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Common Sandpiper

Posted on December 6, 2013 Updated on November 11, 2020

Actitis hypoleucos
Nepali Name: चन्चले सुड्सुडीया (Chanchale Sudsudiya)

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. In Bagmati River near Chobhar their numbers peaks during January.
2. Usually solitary.
3. Found in close proximity to the Green Sandpiper with which it is reported to interbreed.
4. Flies swiftly just above the surface of the water.

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Green Sandpiper

Posted on June 4, 2013 Updated on November 11, 2020

Nepali Name: रुख सुड्सुडीया (Rukh Sudsudiya)

Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus). Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 30 January, 2013. Photo: Jay Shrestha.

Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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