North bengal sikkim birding tour -2025
A 15 day tour to the north east for our guest Alok Mishra from Sngapore , that covered Darjeeling outskirts, Neora valley , Gajoldoba for northern Lapwings , West Sikkim, South Sikkim and East Sikkim .
highlights from the trip included : A huge congregation of Norhtern Lapwings at Gajoldoba , Fire tailed myzornis in Darjeeling, White browed piculet in West Sikkim , Black headed shrike babbler, brown parrotbill and Red headed bulfinches in South Sikkim , Spotted Elachura and scarlet Finch at Neora valley .
Inspite of cloudy and foggy weather on most of the days we did manage to see and photograph a lot of species around 220 . the bird list is as follows :
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Gajoldhoba
Asian openbill
Red crested pocchard
Ferigunious duck
Tufted duck
Black kite
Common pocchard
Jacana
Little grebe
Crested grebe
Eared grebe
Small pranticole
Little ringed plover
Common sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Gray headed lapwing
Red wattled lapwing
Northern lapwing
Gray lag goose
Common teal
Cotton pygmy Ghose
Pied kingfisher
Blue rock thrush
Spotted dove
Little stint
Common myna
White browed wagtail
Rongtong
Peafowl
Asian barred owlet
Blue capped rock thrush
Golden fronted leafbird
Red jungle fowl
Small niltava
Great barbet
Darjeeling ( Lepchajagat)
Blue whistling thrush
Scaly laughingthrush
Kaalej pheasant
Turtle dove
Black throated parrotbill
Yellow browed tit
Golden breasted fulvetta
White browed bush robin
Green tailed sunbird
Stripped throated yuhina
Spotted nutcracker
Blue fronted redstart
Rufous capped babbler
Humes warbler
Buff barred warbler
Yellow bellied warbler
Chestnut crowned laughingthrush
Large billed crow
Euroasian tree sparrow
Himalayan bluetail
Tindharia
Little bunting
Jungle prinia
Himalayan prinia
Siberian stonechat
Gray bushchat
Himalayan bulbul
Siberian ruby throat
Senchal
Hill partridge
Spotted laughingthrush
Gray sided laughingthrush
Dark breasted rosefinch
Yellow billed magpie
White throated laughingthrush
Hoary throated batwing
Red vented bulbul
Rufous sibia
Fire tailed myzornis
Upland pipit
Olive backed pipit
Rufous breasted accentor
Himalayan buzzard
Blacked faced laughingthrush
White browed fulvetta
Blue fronted redstart
Red billed leothrix
Bar throated Siva
Bay woodpecker
Gray treepie
Rufous treepie
Black throated tit
Green backed tit
Chestnut crowned warbler
Gray hooded warbler
Rufous bellied niltava
Black eagle
Chestnut bellied rockthrush
Black bulbul
Hair crested drongo
Ashy drongo
Blue throated barbet
Golden fronted leafbird
Short billed minivet
Whiskered yuhina
Nepal fulvetta
White tailed robin
Rusty cheeked scimitar babbler
House crow
Jungle crow
House sparrow
Euroasian collared dove
Rock pigeon
Scarlet minivet
Yellow breasted greenfinch
Neora valley
Golden throated barbet
Orange bellied leafbird
Gray headed woodpecker
Rufous vented yuhina
Rusty fronted barwing
Streaked breasted scimitar babbler
Dark breasted rosefinch
Striated laughingthrush
Streaked laughingthrush
Fire tailed sunbird
Ashy throated warbler
Red tailed minla
Fire breasted flowerpecker
Striated bulbul
Rufous throated wren babbler
Himalayan bluetail
Elachura
Mountain hawk eagle
Rusty fronted barwing
Orange bellied leafbird
Collared owlet
Gold napped finch
Mountain bulbul
Long tailed shrike
Gray backed shrike
Brown shrike
Maroon oriole
Jungle babbler
Slender billed scimitar babbler
Pied harrier
River lapwing
White tailed nuthatch
Common tailorbird
spotted elachura
Gold naped finch
Black faced warbler
Stream breasted science itar babbler
Scarlet finch
Rufous winged fulvetta
Scaly thrush
Scaly breasted cupwing
White tailed nuthatch
Mountain imperial pigeon
Blue winged minla
pied hornbill
Blue throated barbet
Greater yellownape
White browed piculet
Merganser
White throated fantail
Yellow bellied fantail
Chestnut crowned warbler
Gray cheeked warbler
Brown dipper
Plumbeous restart
White capped restart
Whistlers warbler
White crested laughing thrush
Griffon himalayan
Alpine accentor
White tailed Tobin
Crimson sunbird
Black throated sunbird
Sultan tit
Mountain bulbul
Himalayan bulbul
Rufous winged fulvetta
Pygmy cupwing
Large niltava
Rufous bellied niltava
Hodgsons restart
Gray winged blackbird
Scaly thrush
Blue fronted Robin
Black headed shrike babbler
Black eared shrike babbler
White browed shrike babbler
Blyths shrike babbler
Darjeeling woodpecker
Altai accentor
White naped yuhina
Shikra
Steppe eagle
Barred cuckoo dove
White tailed nuthatch
Chestnut bellied nuthatch
Golden bush Robin
Black throated prinia
Mountain tailorbird
Nepal house martin
Red headed bullfinch
Brown parrotbill
Slender billed scimitar
White bellied erpornis
Scarlet minivet
Yellow bellied warbler
Gray capped pygmy
Gray headed canary flycatcher
Little pied flycatcher
Green billed malkoha
Slaty backed forktail
Crested serpent eagle
Darjeeling woodpecker
Altai accentor
White naped yuhina
Shikra
Steppe eagle
Barred cuckoo dove
White tailed nuthatch
Chestnut bellied nuthatch
Black throated prinia
Mountain tailorbird
Nepal house martin
White bellied erpornis
Scarlet minivet
Yellow bellied warbler
Gray capped pygmy
Gray headed canary flycatcher
Little pied flycatcher
Green billed malkoha
Slaty backed forktail
Crested serpent eagle
Green magpie
Lesser necklaced laughing thrush
Chestnut headed tesia
Oriental honey buzzard
Black backed forktail
Gray headed woodpecker
Jungle mynah
Pied starling
Bank mynah
Chestnut tailed starling
Pond heron
House crow
