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NE India : 06 Jan -21 Jan 2004
Neils P Dryer & Peter Lobo
www.birdingindiatours.com
gurutt@satyam.net.in
gurutt@sancharnet.in


List of birds seen. List prepared by Niels Poul Dreyer (Denmark).
 

E-mail: npd@dreyerfoto.dk


 

 
 

Birds species seen on the trip 7-21 January 2004

Namdapha

Dibru Saikhowa

Kaziranga

Note

White-throated Kingfisher               Halcyon smyrnensis                             

 

5

25

 

Blue-tailed Bee-eater                  
Merops philippinus                             

 

 

1

Tea Gardens

Blue-bearded Bee-eater                  Nyctiornis athertoni                           

1

 

 

 

Indian Roller                          
Coracias benghalensis                          

4

2

12

 

Eurasian Hoopoe                        
Upupa epops                                    

 

 

1

 

Rufous-necked Hornbill                  Aceros nipalensis                              

+10

 

 

 

Writhed Hornbill@                      
Aceros leucocephalus                            

12

 

 

 

Oriental Pied-Hornbill                  Anthracoceros albirostris                      

12

 

1

 

Great Hornbill                         
Buceros bicornis                               

 

 

 

 

Great Barbet                           
Megalaima virens                               

+10

 

 

 

Lineated Barbet                         Megalaima lineata                              

 

4

10

 

Golden-throated Barbet                  Megalaima franklinii                           

1

 

 

 

Blue-throated Barbet                    Megalaima asiatica                             

+25

 

 

Flowering trees

Coppersmith Barbet                      Megalaima haemacephala                         

 

 

1

Enroute to G

Speckled Piculet                       
Picumnus innominatus                           

2

 

 

 

White-browed Piculet                   
Sasia ochracea                                 

1

 

1

Tea Gardens

Rufous Woodpecker                       Celeus brachyurus                              

5

 

 

 

Gray-faced Woodpecker                   Picus canus                                    

 

 

 

 

Greater Yellownape                     
Picus flavinucha                               

 

 

1

Tea Gardens

Lesser Yellownape                      
Picus chlorolophus                              

8

 

 

 

Black-rumped Flameback                  Dinopium benghalense                           

 

 

4

 

Pale-headed Woodpecker                  Gecinulus grantia                              

1

 

 

 

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker      Dendrocopos hyperythrus                        

1

 

 

 

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker              Dendrocopos atratus                            

2

 

 

 

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker             Dendrocopos macei                              

2

 

1

 

Bay Woodpecker                          Blythipicus pyrrhotis                          

4

 

 

 

Silver-breasted Broadbill               Serilophus lunatus                             

1

 

 

Ketil Knudsen

Long-tailed Broadbill                   Parisomus dalhousiae                           

5

 

 

 

Rufous-winged Lark                     
Mirafra assamica                               

 

 

2

 

Indian Short-toed Lark                  Calandrella raytal                             

 

5

 

 

Sky Lark                                
Alauda arvensis                                

 

 

1

 

Plain Martin                           
Riparia paludicola                             

10 nest

x

x

 

Barn Swallow                           
Hirundo rustica                                 

 

x

x

 

Asian House-Martin                      Delichon dasypus                               

20

 

 

 

Yellow Wagtail                         
Motacilla flava                                

 

25

25

 

Citrine Wagtail                        
Motacilla citreola                             

 

1

 

 

White Wagtail                          
Motacilla alba                                 

12

x

x

 

Richard's Pipit                        
Anthus richardi                                

 

 

1

 

Tree Pipit                              
Anthus trivialis                               

 

 

1

Tea Gardens

Olive-backed Pipit                     
Anthus hodgsoni                                

6

2

2

 

Rosy Pipit                             
Anthus roseatus                                 

 

2

5

 

Large Cuckooshrike                      Coracina macei                                 

 

 

6

 

Black-winged Cuckooshrike               Coracina melaschistos                          

4

 

 

 

Long-tailed Minivet                     Pericrocotus ethologus                         

 

 

20

 

Scarlet Minivet                         Pericrocotus flammeus                          

+25

 

 

 

Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus                          

3

 

 

 

Large Woodshrike                        
Tephrodornis gularis                           

2

 

 

 

Common Woodshrike                       Tephrodornis pondicerianus                     

1

 

 

 

Red-whiskered Bulbul                    Pycnonotus jocosus                              

 

x

x

 

Himalayan Bulbul                        Pycnonotus leucogenys                          

15

 

 

 

Red-vented Bulbul                       Pycnonotus cafer                               

20

x

x

 

White-throated Bulbul                   Alophoixus flaveolus                           

+100

 

 

 

Ashy Bulbul                            
Hemixos flavala                                

+25

 

 

 

Mountain Bulbul                         Hypsipetes mcclellandii                        

1

 

 

Ketil Knudsen

Black Bulbul                           
Hypsipetes leucocephalus                       

+500

 

 

flocks

Common Iora                            
Aegithina tiphia                               

 

4

 

 

Blue-winged Leafbird                    Chloropsis cochinchinensis                     

1

 

 

 

Golden-fronted Leafbird                 Chloropsis aurifrons                           

5

 

 

Flowering trees

Orange-bellied Leafbird                 Chloropsis hardwickii                          

+200

 

 

Flowering trees

Asian Fairy-Bluebird                   
Irena puella                                   

2

 

 

 

Brown Shrike                           
Lanius cristatus                               

 

 

 

 

Long-tailed Shrike                     
Lanius schach                                   

 

 

 

 

Gray-backed Shrike                     
Lanius tephronotus                             

25

 

 

 

Rusty-bellied Shortwing                 Brachypteryx hyperythra                        

1

 

 

Deban-Hornbill

Lesser Shortwing                        
Brachypteryx leucophrys                        

+5

 

 

 

Bluethroat                             
Luscinia svecica                               

 

 

1

 

White-tailed Rubythroat                 Luscinia pectoralis                             

H

2

 

 

Oriental Magpie-Robin                   Copsychus saularis                             

 

 

 

Also enroute

White-rumped Shama                      Copsychus malabaricus                          

 

 

3

 

Daurian Redstart                        Phoenicurus auroreus                           

 

 

1

 

Plumbeous Water-Redstart                Rhyacornis fuliginosus                         

 

 

 

 

White-tailed Robin                      Cinclidium leucurum                            

5

 

2

 

Slaty-backed Forktail                   Enicurus schistaceus                           

 

 

 

 

White-crowned Forktail                  Enicurus leschenaulti                          

 

 

 

 

Green Cochoa                           
Cochoa viridis                                  

2

 

 

Forest walk from Embeong -Firm Base

Common Stonechat                        Saxicola torquata                              

 

x

 

 

White-capped Water-Redstart             Chaimarrornis leucocephalus                    

+10

 

 

 

Blue Whistling-Thrush                   Myiophonus caeruleus                           

x

 

 

 

Streated Babbler
turdoides earlei

 

1

 

Photograped by
Ketil

Spot-throated Babbler                   Pellorneum albiventre                          

1

 

 

NPD at Ranjheel

Large Scimitar-Babbler                  Pomatorhinus hypoleucos                        

2

 

 

Solitary singing

White-browed Scimitar-Babbler           Pomatorhinus schisticeps                       

 

 

1

Tea Gardens

Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler             Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps                      

4

 

 

Bamboo flocks

Coral-billed Scimitar-Babbler           Pomatorhinus ferruginosus                      

2

 

 

Bamboo flocks

Streaked Wren-Babbler                   Napothera brevicaudata                         

3

 

 

Hornbill-Deban

Eye-browed Wren-Babbler                 Napothera epilepidota

1

 

 

Ketil Knudsen Hornbill

Rufous-capped Babbler                   Stachyris ruficeps                             

 

 

1

Tea Gardens

Golden Babbler                         
Stachyris chrysaea                             

+5

 

 

Bamboo flock

Gray-throated Babbler                   Stachyris nigriceps                            

+5

 

 

Bamboo flock

Snowy-throated Babbler@                 Stachyris oglei                                

5

 

 

Understory Ranjheel-Bulbulia

Chestnut-capped Babbler                 Timalia pileata                                

1

1

 

 

Jerdon's Babbler                        Chrysomma altirostre                           

 

2

1

 

White-crested Laughingthrush            Garrulax leucolophus                           

Flocks

 

Flock

 

Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush         Garrulax monileger                             

Flocks

 

Flock

 

Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush        Garrulax pectoralis                            

Flocks

 

Flock

 

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush            Garrulax ruficollis                            

 

 

+25

Tea Gardens

Silver-eared Mesia                     
Leiothrix argentauris                           

Flocks

 

 

 

Black-headed Shrike-Babbler             Pteruthius rufiventer                          

1

 

 

 

White-browed Shrike-Babbler             Pteruthius flaviscapis                         

6

 

 

 

White-hooded Babbler                    Gampsorhynchus rufulus                         

25

 

 

 

Rusty-fronted Barwing                   Actinodura egertoni                            

2

 

 

 

Blue-winged Minla                      
Minla cyanouroptera                            

2

 

 

 

Rufous-winged Fulvetta                  Alcippe castaneceps                            

Flocks

 

 

Midstory

Rufous-throated Fulvetta                Alcippe rufogularis                            

Flocks

 

 

Understory

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta                  Alcippe poioicephala                           

Flocks

 

 

Midstory

Nepal Fulvetta                         
Alcippe nipalensis                             

Flocks

 

 

 

Rufous-backed Sibia                     Heterophasia annectens                         

2

 

 

 

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