A solo recce tour to the town of Munsyari from the 11th to the 17th of November with 5 days of birding at Munsyari , one morning and afternoon at Khaliya top , and one full day at a couple of spots within a radius of 25km on either side, during which i saw more than a 100 species of Birds with an amazing sighting of a Satyr Tragopan , bird that remains the highlight of this bird rich town .
Exploration that took us to some lesser known and unexplored places and habitats, looking for the November migrants and a few birds that we have missed out on spotting during our previous tours .
In Munsiari, i was joined by my friend and the ever reliable and enthusiastic @surendrapanwar, a local from munisari and a very avid birder and who knows Munsyari and surrounds like noone else . Surprisingly , considering it being mid -November, the full winter migration hasn’t yet taken place , as we couldn’t find any trace of Grossbeaks, Beautiful rosefinch Male ( though we did see a female on the last day ) , Eastern Goldfinch etc. . December onwards, you could add a few more species to the bird list compiled .
Munsyari with its astoundingly scenic landscapes, great food, lovely people and rich birdlife is definitely a destination that should be on everyone’s go to list !
If you would like to book a Birding tour this winters, please do get in touch at 9711438613, We should be doing a fixed departure in the month of January , details of which will be provided soon .
P.S : No call playback was used to Photograph any of the birds !
Bird List :
1) Rock Pigeon
2) Red vented Bulbul
3) Himalayan bulbul
4) House Sparrow
5) Russet Sparrow
6) Spotted Forktail
7) Pied Bushchat
8) Common stonechat
9) Buff barred warbler
10) Gray hooded warbler
11) Humes Warbler
12) Lemon rumped warbler
13) Black faced Warbler
14) Ashy throated warbler
15) Tickells leaf warbler
16) Yellow browed tit
17) Rufous vented tit
18) Grey crested tit
19) Coal tit
20) Green backed tit
21) Black throated tit
22) Cinereous tit
23) Black Francolin
24) Himalayan Monal
25) Satyr Tragopan
26) Cheer Pheasant
27) Koklaas Pheasant
28) Khaleej Pheasant
29) Stripe throated yuhina
30) Whiskered Yuhina
31) Bar Tailed Treecreeper
32) Rusty flanked treecreeper
33) Variegated Laughing thrush
34) Streaked laughing thrush
35) Striated Laughing thrush
36) White throated laughing thrush
37) Chestnut Crowned laughing thrush
38) Rufous Sibia
39) Black throated thrush
40) Alpine thrush
41) Mistle thrush
42) Long billed thrush
43) Blue whistling Thrush
44) Plumbeous Redstart
45) White capped redstart
46) Blue fronted redstart
47) Blue capped redstart
48) Grey bushchat
49) Scaly breasted Munia
50) Alpine accentor
51) Rufous breasted accentor
52) Black throated accentor
53) Rock Bunting
54) Bearded Vulture
55) Himalayan vulture
56) Cinereous vulture
57) Common kestrel
58) Falcon Sp .
59) Eurasian Spparowhawk
60) Common Hoopoe
61) Hill partridge ( Heard )
62) Great barbet (Heard)
63) Blue throated Barbet
64) Slaty headed parakeet
65) Speckled Piculet
66) Brown fronted woodpecker
67) Himalayan Woodpecker
68) Grey headed woodpecker
69) Long tailed shrike
70) Grey backed shrike
71) Green shrike babbler
72) Streak breasted scimitar babbler
73) Rusty cheeked scimitar babbler
74) Black chinned babbler
75) Jungle Babbler
76) Eurasian Jay
77) Black headed jay
78) Yellow billed blue magpie
79) Red billed blue magpie
80) House crow
81) Large billed crow
82) Yellow bellied fantail
83) Red rumped swallow
84) Barn swallow
85) White browed fulvetta
86) Indian white eye
87) Himalayan bluetail
88) Golden bush robin
89) Chestnut headed Tesia ( Heard )
90) Common myna
91) Winter wren
92) White tailed nuthatch
93) Bar throated siva
94) Common rosefinch
95) Plain mountain finch
96) Dark breasted rosefinch
97) Pink browed rosefinch
98) Spot winged rosefinch
99) Scarlet finch ( Female ) ?
100) Fire fronted serin ?
101) Red headed bullfinch
102) Yellow breasted greenfinch
103) Verditer flycatcher
104) Dark sided Flycatcher
105) Beautiful rosefinch female
106) Gray wagtail
107) Chestnut bellied rock thrush
108) Black kite
Mammals:
1) Rhesus Macaque
2) Himalayan Langur
3) Pika
4) Jackal
