Part 3 Raptor watching at Thoolakharka Nepal

Group photo against the backdrop of Annapurna Himalayas range

Dark-throated Thrush (Female) (Credit: Collin Cheong)

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie (Credit: Collin Cheong)

Dark-throated Thrush (Male) (Credit: Collin Cheong) 

Blue-fronted Redstart (Female) 
 (Credit: Collin Cheong)

White-tailed Nuthatch

Credit: Collin Cheong

Blue-fronted Redstart (Male)

Credit: Jannie Tan 

Asian Black Bulbul (Credit: David Lai) and Aberrant Bush-warbler (Credit: David Lai)

Hume’s Warbler (Credit: Jannie Tan) and Striated Laughingthrush (Credit: David Lai)

Bar-throated Siva (Credit: Jannie Tan) and Streaked Laughingthrush (Credit: David Lai)

Annapurna Himalayas, Machapuchare also known as “Matterhorn” of Nepal reflects tail of a fish, hence the "fish's tail" name (morning and sunset views)

(Credit: Lee Poh Peng)

Group photo with Robert De Candido, Tulsi Subedi and Sandesh

Group photo with Mr Maila Dai, owner of Angel’s Guest House

Birdlist : Kathmandu-Pokhara-Thoolakharka 

16-23 November 2016

Sighted and prepared by Nina Cheung

Sightings by others* are included in bold

1.Kalij Pheasant	Lophura leucomelanos
2. Crimson-breasted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos cathpharius
3. Great Barbet	Megalaima virens
4. White-throated Kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis
5.Rose-ringed Parakeet	Psittacula krameri
6. Collared Owlet	Glaucidium brodiei
7.Rock Pigeon	Columba livia
8. Common Wood Pigeon	Columba palumbus
9.Black Kite	Milvus migrans
10.Bearded Vulture (Lammergeier)	Gypaetus barbatus
11.Eygptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus
12.White-rumped Vulture	Gyps bengalensis
13.Himalayan Vulture (Griffon)	Gyps himalayensis
14.Cinereous Vulture	Aegypius monachus
15.Red-headed Vulture	Sarcogyps calvus
16.Black Eagle	Ictinaetus malayensis
17. Besra	Accipiter virgatus
18.Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
19.Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhyncus
20.Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis
21.Bonelli's Eagle	Hieraaetus fasciatus
22.Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus
23.Mountain Hawk-eagle	Spizaetus nipalensis
24.Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
25.Saker Falcon	Falco cherrug
26. Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
27.Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
28.Indian Pond-heron	Ardeola grayii
29.Long-tailed Shrike	Lanius schach
30.Yellow-billed Blue Magpie	Urocissa flavirostris
31.Common Green Magpie	Cissa chinensis
32.Grey Treepie	Dendrocitta formosae
33.House Crow	Corvus splendens
34.Large-billed Crow	Corvus macrorhynchos
35.Common Raven	Corvus corax
36.Short-billed Minivet	Pericrocotus brevirostris
37.Yellow-bellied Fantail	Rhipidura hypoxantha
38.Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus
39.Blue Whistling-thrush	Myophonus caeruleus
40.Grey-winged Blackbird	Turdus boulboul
41.Dark-throated Thrush	Turdus ruficollis
42.Orange-flanked Bush Robin	Tarsiger cyanurus
43.Oriental Magpie Robin
44.Blue-fronted Redstart	Phoenicurus frontalis
45.White-capped Water-redstart	Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
46.Plumbeous Water- redstart	Rhyacornis fuliginosus
47.Spotted Forktail	Enicurus maculatus
48.Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis
49.Jungle Myna	Acridotheres fuscus
50.Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch	Sitta castanea
51.White-tailed Nuthatch	Sitta himalayensis
52.Great Tit	Parus major
53.Green-backed Tit	Parus monticolus
54.Black-throated Tit	Aegithalos concinnus
55.Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
56.Pacific Swallow	Hirundo tahitica
57.Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus
58.Himalayan Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucogenys
59.Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer
60.Asian Black Bulbul	Hypsipetes leucocephalus
61.Common Tailorbird	Orthotomus sutorius
62.Aberrant Bush-warbler	Cettia flavolivacea
63.Buff-barred Warbler	Phylloscopus pulcher
64.Lemon-rumped Warbler	Phylloscopus chloronotus
65.Hume’s Warbler	Phylloscopus humei
66.Grey-hooded Warbler	Seicercus xanthoschistos
67.Chestnut-crowned Warbler	Seicercus castaniceps
68.White-throated Laughingthrush	Garrulax albogularis
69.White-crested Laughingthrush	Garrulax leucolophus
70.Striated Laughingthrush	Garrulax striatus
71.Streaked Laughingthrush	Garrulax lineatus
72.Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush	Garrulax erythrocephalus
73.Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler	Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
74.Pygmy Wren Babbler	Pnoepyga pusilla
75.Red-billed Leiothrix	Leiothrix lutea
76.Bar-throated Siva (previously known as Chestnut-tailed Minla)	Siva Strigula (previously known as Minla strigula
77.Rufous-winged Fulvetta	Alcippe castaneceps
78.White-browed Fulvetta	Alcippe vinipectus
79.Whiskered Yuhina	Yuhina flavicollis
80.Rufous Sibia	Heterophasia capistrata
81.Fire-breasted Flowerpecker	Dicaeum ignipectus
82.Green-tailed Sunbird	Aethopyga nipalensis
83.Black-throated Sunbird	Aethopyga saturata
84.Fire-tailed Sunbird	Aethopyga ignicauda
85.House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
86.White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
87.Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni
88.Rufous-breasted Accentor	Prunella strophiata
89.Dark-breasted Rosefinch	Carpodacus nipalensis
90.Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus
91.Pink-browed Rosefinch	Carpodacus rodochroa

* Others include Collin Cheong, Jannie Tan, Lee Poh Peng, Lim Kam Su, Maye Yap and Tan Gim Cheong