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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

 

7 days

3 days

5 days

15 days in the field

Great Cormorant                         Phalacrocorax carbo                            

270

25

 

 

Little Cormorant                        Phalacrocorax niger                            

300

 

500

 

Oriental Darter                        
Anhinga melanogaster                           

4

10

40

 

Spot-billed Pelican                     Pelecanus philippensis

  

 

50

Colonies

Gray Heron                             
Ardea cinerea                                  

 

 

8

 

Purple Heron                           
Ardea purpurea                                 

 

 

3

 

Great Egret                             
Ardea alba                                     

 

 

+100

 

Little Egret                           
Egretta garzetta                               

 

 

+150

 

Intermediate Egret                      Mesophoyx intermedia                           

 

 

+40

 

Cattle Egret                           
Bubulcus ibis                                  

 

 

common

 

Indian Pond-Heron                       Ardeola grayii                                 

 

+250

+250

 

Striated Heron                         
Butorides striatus                             

1

10

 

 

Yellow Bittern                         
Ixobrychus sinensis                            

 

 

2

 

Asian Openbill                         Anastomus oscitans                             

 

 

100

 

Black Stork                             
Ciconia nigra                                  

6

8

14

 

Woolly-necked Stork                     Ciconia episcopus                              

 

 

12

 

Black-necked Stork                      Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

 

 

10

 

Lesser Adjutant                         Leptoptilos javanicus                          

 

 

50

 

Greater Adjutant                        Leptoptilos dubius                             

 

 

4

25 Guwahati

Osprey                                  
Pandion haliaetus                              

 

 

2

 

Oriental Honey-Buzzard                  Pernis ptilorhynchus                           

 

 

5

 

Black-winged Kite                      
Elanus caeruleus                               

 

 

2

 

Black Kite                             
Milvus migrans                                 

 

1

 

+35 Guwahati

Brahminy Kite                          
Haliastur indus                                

 

 

2

 

Pallas's Sea-Eagle                      Haliaeetus leucoryphus                          

 

 

5 +2 nest

 

White-tailed Eagle                      Haliaeetus albicilla                           

2

 

 

 

Gray-headed Fish-Eagle                  Icthyophaga ichthyaetus                        

 

1

12

 

White-rumped Vulture                    
Gyps bengalensis                               

 

5*

1

Enroute to Dibrugarh

Long-billed Vulture                    
Gyps indicus                  

 

10*

5

Enroute to Dibrugarh

Himalayan Griffon                      
Gyps himalayensis                              

 

 

2

 

Northern Harrier                       
Circus cyaneus                                 

 

1

3

 

Pied Harrier                           
Circus melanoleucos                            

 

 

5

 

Crested Goshawk                         Accipiter trivirgatus                          

 

 

1

 

Shikra                                 
Accipiter badius                               

1

 

 

 

Eurasian Sparrowhawk                    Accipiter nisus                                 

1

 

2

 

Lesser Spotted Eagle                   
Aquila pomarina                                

 

 

9

 

Rufous-bellied Eagle                    Hieraaetus kienerii                            

1

 

 

Hornbill

Crested Hawk-Eagle                      Spizaetus cirrhatus                            

 

 

3

 

Pied Falconet                           Microhierax melanoleucus                       

5

2

 

4 at Hornbill

Common Kestrel                         
Falco tinnunculus                              

1

 

 

Deban

Peregrine Falcon                       
Falco peregrinus                               

 

 

1

 

Lesser Whistling-Duck                   Dendrocygna javanica                           

 

 

+150

 

Graylag Goose                          
Anser anser                                     

 

 

250

 

Bar-headed Goose                       
Anser indicus                                  

 

 

1000

 

Ruddy Shelduck                         
Tadorna ferruginea                             

 

25

150

 

White-winged Duck                       
Cairina scutulata                              

1

 

 

Ranijheel

Eurasian Wigeon                        
Anas penelope                                  

 

 

125

 

Gadwall                                
Anas strepera                                   

 

25

75

 

Common Teal                            
Anas crecca                                    

 

 

3

 

Mallard                                
Anas platyrhynchos                             

 

+25

20

 

Spot-billed Duck                        
Anas poecilorhyncha                            

 

250

+50