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Common Buzzard

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Buteo buteo
Nepali Name: श्यनबाज (Shyan Baaz)

Common Buzzard
Bagheswori, Bhaktapur, Nepal. ~1,400m. 21 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Bronzed Drongo

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Dicrurus aeneus
Nepali Name: सानो  चिबे (Sano Chibe)

Chhatre Deurali, Dhading, Nepal. ~1,400m. 7 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Chhatre Deurali, Dhading, Nepal. ~1,400m. 7 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Yellow-bellied Fantail

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Chelidorhynx hypoxantha
Nepali Name: पहेँलो मारुनीचरी (Pahelo Marunichari)

Chhatre Deurali, Dhading, Nepal. ~1,400m. 7 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Chhatre Deurali, Dhading, Nepal. ~1,400m. 7 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

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Dendrocopos macei
Nepali Name: काष्ठकूट (Kasthakoot)

Ranibari, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,300m. 1 April, 2017. Photo: Sadeep Dangol
Chhatre Deurali, Dhading, Nepal. ~1,400m. 7 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Plumbeous Water Redstart

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Rhyacornis fuliginosus
Nepali name: निलाम्बर जलखञ्जरी (Nilambar Jalkhanjari)

Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,800m. 25 March, 2017. Photo: Sadeep Dangol
Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,400m. 31 December 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Zamphute Phakding (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2,680m. 19 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
Highly territorial.

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Large Cuckooshrike

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Coracina macei
Nepali Name: लटुशक विरहीचरी (Latusak Birahichari)

Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal. ~1,400m. 31 December 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Beli Forests (Dhangadhi), Kailali, Nepal. 190m. 9 May, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Beli Forests (Dhangadhi), Kailali, Nepal. 190m. 9 May, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Upland Pipit

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Anthus sylvanus
Nepali Name:

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

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Bonelli’s Eagle

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Aquila fasciata
Nepali Name: मोरङ्गी चील (Morangi Cheel)

Ghalel (Mardi Himal Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 1,525m. 14 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Ghalel (Mardi Himal Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 1,525m. 14 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
(juvenile) Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
(juvenile) Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1270m. 7 November, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Observed hunting from a perch during the current visit but does hunt on the wing.

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Common Greenshank

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

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Oriental Honey-Buzzard

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Pernis ptilorhyncus
Nepali Name: मधुहा Madhuha

Pothana (Annapurna Base Camp Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 2000m. 11 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Pothana (Annapurna Base Camp Trek), Kaski, Nepal. 2000m. 11 October, 2016. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Syange (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Lamjung, Nepal. ~1,100m. 11 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Despite its name it has none of the behavior of the buzzards well except perhaps it has variable plumage.

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