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Birding in Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Neora Valley National Park, Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary | December 2015 Published by: DIBYENDU ASH∙([email protected] or [email protected])
Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary (in East Sikkim) Phusrey Lake (27°10'13"N 88°42'8"E ). This lake lies at
Southern end of lower Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in Sikkim and contiguous above Neora valley National Park of West Bengal. This pristine place is a home for 8 different varieties of Laughingthrushes. For the first time we got
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus) from this area on 13.12.2015.
Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (in West Bengal), where we spend four days for birding. From 4th December
2016 to 7th December 2016 (till morning). Our activities were restricted between 2,000 ft through the forest trails up to 5,000ft at the higher ridges of Mahananda.
Neora Valley National Park (in West Bengal) Mostly covered by temperate broadleaf forests (of Sal and Saigon) in lower regions (between 3,000 to 5,000 ft) and bamboo thickets and bush shrubberies along with Montane forest type in the middle (between 4,500 to 7,000 ft) and Alpine conifers along with thin bamboo strands above 7,500 ft. We have spent 5 days in Neora Valley National Park and adjacent area for birding from 7th December to 11th December of 2015. In those five birding days in peak winter we saw multiple flocks of Maroonbacked Accentor
almost everyday in both afternoon birding as well as during evening birding. Considerably, in all the times bird wave consisted of 8 to 15 different varieties of birds.
Date: 4th December to 14th December 2015
Habitat:
Montane Forest. Temperate Coniferous. Broadleaf. Riverine. Alluvial. Sub Alpine Forest. Cultivation Land. Human Habitat.
Temperature Range: 5°C ~ 20°C
Altitude Range: 3,000' to 8,000' (from MSL)
Bird Checklist (As per Birds of Indian Subcontinent field guide by Richard Gmimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp):
1. Indian Peafowl 2. Indian Cormorant 3. Great Cormorant 4. Common Kestrel 5. Eurasian Sparrowhawk 6. Hen Harrier 7. Black Kite 8. Blackeared Kite 9. Black Eagle 10. Rufousbellied Eagle 11. Himalayan Vulture 12. Eurasian Sparrowhawk 13. Steppe Eagle 14. Mountain Hawk Eagle 15. Common Pigeon 16. Spotted Dove 17. Oriental Turtle Dove 18. Barred Cuckoo Dove 19. Mountain Imperial Pigeon 20. Wedgetailed Green Pigeon 21. Pintailed Green Pigeon 22. Whitethroated Kingfisher 23. Greater Coucal 24. Rufousnecked Hornbill 25. Great Barbet 26. Bluethroated Barbet 27. Goldenthroated Barbet 28. Rufous Woodpecker
29. Greycapped Pygmy Woodpecker 30. Greater Yellownape 31. Lesser Yellownape 32. Speckled Piculet 33. Large CuckooShrike 34. Blackwinged CuckooShrike 35. Scarlet Minivet 36. Greychinned Minivet 37. Longtailed Minivet 38. Longtailed Shrike 39. Greater Rackettailed Drongo 40. Black Drongo 41. Bronzed Drongo 42. Himalayan Swiftlet 43. Maroon Oriole 44. Whitethroated Fantail 45. Yellowbellied Fantail 46. Yellowbilled Blue Magpie 47. Common Green Magpie 48. Grey Treepie 49. Largebilled Crow 50. House Crow 51. Greenbacked Tit 52. Yellowcheeked Tit 53. Sultan Tit 54. Yellowbrowed Tit 55. Blackthroated Tit 56. Himalayan Bulbul 57. Blackcreasted Bulbul 58. Redvented Bulbul 59. Mountain Bulbul 60. Black Bulbul 61. Common Tailorbird 62. Bush Warbler?? 63. Chestnutheaded Tesia 64. Buffbarred Warbler 65. Ashythroated Warbler 66. Lemonrumped Warbler 67. Mandelli's Leaf Warbler 68. Greycheeked Warbler 69. Greyhooded Warbler 70. Chestnutcrowned Warbler 71. Whistler Warbler 72. Golden Babbler 73. Slenderbilled Scimitar Babbler 74. Whitebrowed Scimitar Babbler 75. Whitecrested Laughingthrush 76. Whitethroated Laughingthrush 77. Striated Laughingthrush 78. Rufousnecked Laughingthrush 79. Blackfaced Laughingthrush 80. Rustyfronted Barwing 81. Hoarythroated Barwing 82. Redbilled Leiothrix
83. Bluewinged Siva 84. Barthroated Siva 85. Redtailed Minla 86. Blackeared Shrike Babbler 87. Greychinned Babbler 88. Goldenbreasted Fulvetta 89. Rufouswinged Fulvetta 90. Whitebrowed Fulvetta 91. Nepal Fulvetta 92. Rufous Sibia 93. Whiskered Yuhina 94. Stripethroated Yuhina 95. Rufousvented Yuhina 96. Blackchinned Yuhina 97. Oriental Whiteeye 98. Chestnutbellied Nuthatch 99. Whitetailed Nuthatch 100. Velvetfronted Nuthatch 101. Rustyflanked Treecreeper 102. Common Myna 103. Asian Pied Starling 104. Blue Whistling Thrush 105. Greywinged Blackbird 106. Himalayan Bluetail 107. Whitebrowed Bush Robin 108. Oriental Magpie Robin 109. Whitebrowed Shortwing 110. Plumbeous Water Redstart 111. Whitecapped Redstart 112. Black Redstart 113. Bluefronted Redstart 114. Slatybacked Forktail 115. Common Stonechat 116. Grey Bushchat 117. Golden Bush Robin 118. Himalayan Bluetail 119. Blue Rock Thrush 120. Chestnutbellied Rock Thrush 121. Eyebrowed Thrush 122. Flycatcher?? 123. Rufousgorgeted Flycatcher 124. Verditer Flycatcher 125. Greyheaded Canary Flycatcher 126. Small Niltava 127. Rufousbellied Niltava 128. Large Niltava 129. Orangebellied Leafbird 130. Firebreasted Flowerpecker 131. Yellowbellied Flowerpecker 132. Greentailed Sunbird 133. Streaked Spiderhunter 134. House Sparrow 135. Eurasian Treesparrow 136. Whiterumped Munia
137. Rufousbreasted Accentor 138. Maroonbacked Accentor 139. Grey Wagtail 140. Olivebacked Pipit 141. Rosy Pipit 142. Darkrumped Rosefinch 143. Crimsonbrowed Finch
Mammal checklist (as per the Indian Mammals | A Field Guide by Vivek Menon):
1. Indian Muntjac 2. Hoarybellied Squirrel 3. Himalayan Striped Squirrel
Participants:
1. Dibyendu Ash 2. Jayashree Mitra +1
Bird Images from Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary
Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea) 05.12.2015 | Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal
At the end of morning birding session of 5th December, just before 12 PM; we saw a flock of five Sultan Tits foraging alongside Greychinned Minivets and Chestnutbellied Nuthatch. The bird wave continued for 1520
minutes and the flock gradually moved uphill into the forest.
Whitebrowed Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps) 07.12.2015 | Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West
Bengal
Mountain Hawk Eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) 07.12.2015 | Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal
Rufousnecked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) 06.12.2015 | Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Darjeeling, West
Bengal
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius) 06.12.2015 | Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal
Bird Images from Neora valley National Park
It may look like an alien to you; but this bird is of Accentor family. At Neora Valley on all four days we saw them
foraging in a flock of 1520 throughout the day. 8th December 2016 was so eventful that after having three Cutia in a row; we saw Maroonbacked Accentor (Prunella immaculata) along with Goldenbreasted Fulvetta and
Crimsonbrowed Finch.
Hoarythroated Barwing (Actinodura nipalensis) 08.12.2015 | Damdim, Neora Valley National Park.
Goldenbreasted Fulvetta (Lioparus chrysotis) 08.12.2015 | Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal
Though previously I have seen this bird in Khangchendzonga NP in Sikkim in October, this time I got it at Neora Valley NP with two birders from Singapore in this December. Four days we stayed there and saw them thrice.
Himalayan Cutia (Cutia nipalensis) 09.12.2015 | Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal
Not a Blacklored Tit, it is Yellowcheeked Tit. Zoo geographical barriers are there which separates Blacklored Tit (of Central and Western Himalayas) with Yellowcheeked Tit (of Eastern Himalayas). We saw this fellow along with
a mixed flock consisting of Blackthroated Tit, Blackeared Shrike Babbler, Yellowbrowed Tit etc. Yellowcheeked Tit (Parus spilonotus spilonotus) 08.12.2015 | Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal
The clash between Gondwana and Laurasia gave birth to mountain chains of Himalayas and some birders. Many a times in Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, I have seen this bird; this time with a group of birders from Singapore we
saw this. Along with they were 8 in numbers. Goldenthroated Barbet (Megalaima franklinii) 10.12.2015 | Ramitey, Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal
Bird Images from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary
Mountain Bulbuls, Slenderbilled Scimitar Babblers, Leafbirds were there alongside these horrible looking
Rustyfronted Barwings. They look scary, aren't they! Rustyfronted Barwing(Actinodura egertoni) 14.12.2015 |Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim
Unpredictable movements of a skittish bird, frame shows the behavior!
Greythroated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps) 14.12.2015 | Daleepchand, Lower Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim
Though this is not my first encounter, for the third time I saw this beauty at Pangolakha WLS; but unlike before, I
ended up with a record shot only! Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus) 13.12.2015 | Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim
A beautiful commoner from Lower Pangolakha WLS.
Orangebellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) 14.12.2015 | Lower Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim