Red-whiskered Bulbul [Pycnonotus jocosus]
2 seen at Mahananda WS, 3 seen at Mahananda FR, 6 seen at Lava and 2 at Kalimpong

Himalayan Bulbul [Pycnonotus leucogenys]
5 seen at Samtar, 7 seen between Kalimpong and Banaymanjang and 1 seen near Pelling. Open country in the mountains seems to be this bird´s habitat.

Red-vented Bulbul [Pycnonotus cafer]
Common in the lowlands

White-throated Bulbul [Alophoixus flaveolus]
1 seen at Mahananda FR

Ashy Bulbul [Hemixos flavala]
About 15 seen at Mahananda FR

Mountain Bulbul [Hypsipetes mcclellandii]
2 seen at Samtar and 1 seen near Soreng

Black Bulbul [Hypsipetes leucocephalus]
1 seen at Mahananda WS, 10 seen at Mahananda FR and about 50 at Samtar

Hill Prinia [Prinia atrogularis]
1 seen at Samtar, 1 heard at Neora, 1 heard at Banaymanjang, 10 seen and heard between Varsey and Soreng, 2 seen at lake Khecjeoperi

Plain Prinia [Prinia inornata]
10 seen at Calcutta

Zitting Cisticola [Cisticola juncidis]
10 seen at Calcutta

Oriental White-eye [Zosterops palpebrosus]
Singles seen at Mahananda and 1 seen at kalimpong

Chestnut-headed Tesia [Tesia castaneocoronata]
1 seen along the Pipeline trail, 6 seen and heard at Gairibas, Common at Hilley and Varsey

Slaty-bellied Tesia [Tesia olivea]
5 seen and/or heard along the Pipeline trail, Lava

Grey-bellied Tesia [Tesia cyaniventer]
3 seen and heard along the Pipeline trail, 10 seen and heard along the lower part of the Varsey-Soreng trail.

Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler [Cettia fortipes]
5 heard at Neora, Lava

Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler [Cettia acanthizoides]
Fairly common at Hilley and Varsey

Grey-sided Bush-Warbler [Cettia brunnifrons]
1 seen between Gairibas and Kalaphokri, 8 seen and heard at Hilley and Varsey

Common Tailorbird [Orthotomus sutorius]
6 seen and heard at Mahananda

Smoky Warbler [Phylloscopus fuligiventer]
1 seen at Samtar, 3 seen at Lava

Tickell’s Leaf-Warbler [Phylloscopus affinis]
3 seen at Mahananda WS, 2 seen along the lower part of the Sandakphu trek, 2 seen including singing at Hilley.

Buff-barred Warbler [Phylloscopus pulcher]
Common in the mountains. This is a core member of the flocks.

Ashy-throated Warbler [Phylloscopus maculipennis]
Singles on the Sandakphu trek and common at Hilley/Varsey

Lemon-rumped Warbler [Phylloscopus chloronotus]
6 seen at Lava and 1 seen near Banaymanjang. If we would have looked more carefully at the Phylloscopus this species may have been more common.

Buff-browed Warbler (Hume’s) [Phylloscopus humei]
Only three possitively identified. 1 at Mahananda WS, 1 at Sandakphu and 1 near Gairibas.

Yellow-browed Warbler [Phylloscopus inornatus]
None possitively identified but almost certainly recorded at Samtar, Lava and Hilley. We were actually busy looking at other birds rather than trying to identify these birds.

Greenish Warbler [Phylloscopus trochiloides]
2 seen at Mahananda WS, 1 singing at Mahananda FR, 10 seen at Samtar and 1 seen near Gairibas

Large-billed Leaf-Warbler [Phylloscopus magnirostris]
1 seen near Tonglu

Western Crowned Warbler [Phylloscopus occipitalis]
6 seen near Gairibas, 1 seen at Hilley

Blyth’s Leaf-Warbler [Phylloscopus reguloides]
1 seen along the Pipeline trail

Golden-spectacled Warbler [Seicercus burkii]
Common in the mountains. The vast majority of these belongs to the taxon S. whistleri. This is supported by several recordings. Some on the Sandakphu trek, however, almost certainly belongs to Seicercus valentini Bianchi´s Warbler. Those having a clear grey crown-stripe and distinct blackish lateral crown stripes.

White-spectacled Warbler [Seicercus affinis]
1 seen at Mahananda FR, 5 seen along the Pipeline trail, 1 seen at Sandakphu

Grey-cheeked Warbler [Seicercus poligenys]
About 20 seen along the Pipeline trail at Lava, 1 seen at lake Khecheoperi

Grey-hooded Warbler [Seicercus xanthoschistos]
1 seen at Mahananda FR, Fairly common at Lava and Samtar, 1 seen at Varsey

Chestnut-crowned Warbler [Seicercus castaniceps]
About 10 seen at Lava, 1 seen at Gairibas and 3 seen at Hilley

Broad-billed Warbler [Tickellia hodgsoni]
1 seen at Kalimpong ridge, near Samtar and 6 seen and heard at Hilley, 2 heard Varsey- Soreng

Black-faced Warbler [Abroscopus schisticeps]
10 seen along the Pipeline trail and 2 seen at Neora, Lava

Yellow-bellied Warbler [Abroscopus superciliaris]
3 seen at Mahananda FR and 1 seen at Samtar

White-crested Laughingthrush [Garrulax leucolophus]
3 seen en route toHilley

Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush [Garrulax monileger]
1 seen at Mahananda WS

Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush [Garrulax pectoralis]
5 seen at Mahananda WS and 2 seen en route to Hilley

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush [Garrulax ruficollis]
7 seen below Pelling on a scrubby slope. Peter knew this stake-out

Striated Laughingthrush [Garrulax striatus]
Singles seen in the mountains. The most conspicious laughinthrush.

Spotted Laughingthrush [Garrulax ocellatus]
Singles on the Sandakphu trail and at Hilley

Grey-sided Laughingthrush [Garrulax caerulatus]
2 seen at Hilley in the bamboo

Blue-winged Laughingthrush [Garrulax squamatus]
3 seen at Samtar

Scaly Laughingthrush [Garrulax subunicolor]
6 seen at Hilley

Black-faced Laughingthrush [Garrulax affinis]
2 seen at Samtar, About 15 on the Sandakphu trek

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush [Garrulax erythrocephalus]
2 seen along the Pipeline trail, 5 seen at Neora, Lava and 1 seen at Hilley

Puff-throated Babbler [Pellorneum ruficeps]
5 heard at Mahananda

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler [Pomatorhinus erythrogenys]
2 seen below Pelling on the same place as the Rufous-necked Laughinthrushes. 2 heard Varsey-Soreng

White-browed Scimitar-Babbler [Pomatorhinus schisticeps]
6 seen and heard at Mahananda FR

Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler [Pomatorhinus ruficollis]
8 seen and heard around Gairibas and 4 heard at Hilley

Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler [Xiphirhynchus superciliaris]
8 seen and heard on the Sandakphu trek, mainly around Gairibas, 4 haerd at Hilley and Varsey

Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler [Pnoepyga albiventer]
1 seen at Neora, 2 seen at Hilley, 8 seen and heard at Varsey. At Hilley and Varsey two seen were of the rufous morph and 3 of the white morph

Spotted Wren-Babbler [Spelaeornis formosus]
1 heard along the Pipeline trail

Rufous-capped Babbler [Stachyris ruficeps]
1 seen at Mahananda FR, About 10 at Neora, Common at Hilley and Varsey

Golden Babbler [Stachyris chrysaea]
1 seen at Kalimpong ridge, Samtar and about 10 seen along the Pipeline trail

Grey-throated Babbler [Stachyris nigriceps]
5 seen at Samtar

Striped Tit-Babbler [Macronous gularis]
7 heard and seen at Mahananda WS, about 25 at Mahananda FR and 1 heard at Samtar

Silver-eared Mesia [Leiothrix argentauris]
3 seen 12 kms before Lava towards Kalimpong

Red-billed Leiothrix [Leiothrix lutea]
8 seen along the Pipeline trail and 3 seen at Neora, Fairly common between Varsey and Soreng and also at Pemyangtse

Cutia [Cutia nipalensis]
One group of 8 at Samtar and one group of 10 along the Pipeline trail, Lava