Small Pratincole at Teesta river

Black Baza [Aviceda leuphotes]
10-15 seen at Mahananda WS

Black-winged Kite (Shouldered) [Elanus caeruleus]
3 seen at Delhi airport

Black Kite [Milvus migrans]
Fairly common in the lowlands

Slender-billed Vulture [Gyps tenuirostris]
4 seen at Mahananda WS

Himalayan Griffon [Gyps himalayensis]
About 20 seen at Sandakphu. Common at Mahananda and Lava Some of the Griffons in the lowlands may have been other species than Himalayan.

Short-toed Snake-Eagle [Circaetus gallicus]
2 seen at Mahananda WS

Crested Serpent-Eagle [Spilornis cheela]
10 seen at Mahananda, 1 seen at Neora, Lava, 1 seen at Varsey and 5 seen near lake Khecheoperi.

Black Eagle [Ictinaetus malayensis]
3 seen at Samtar, 2 seen at Lava, 2 seen between Gairibas and Tonglu and 1 seen between Soreng and Pelling.

Crested Goshawk [Accipiter trivirgatus]
2 seen at Neora, Lava, 1 seen at Gairibas, 1 seen at Varsey and 1 seen at lake Khecheoperi.

Shikra [Accipiter badius]
Fairly common at Mahananda

Eurasian Sparrowhawk [Accipiter nisus]
2 seen at Mahananda WS

Northern Goshawk [Accipiter gentiles]
1 seen between Varsey and Soreng

Oriental Honey-Buzzard [Pernis ptilorhyncus]
12 seen at Mahananda

Common Buzzard [Buteo buteo]
2 seen at Mahananda, 2 seen at Sandakphu, 1 seen at Hilley and 1 seen at Varsey.
The bird at Hilley matches the Buteo b. refectus race.

Steppe Eagle [Aquila nipalensis]
3 seen at Mahananda WS and 1 seen at Sandakphu

Booted Eagle [Hieraaetus pennatus]
1 seen at Samtar

Changeable Hawk-Eagle [Spizaetus cirrhatus]
2 seen at Mahananda WS and 1 seen at Neora, Lava

Collared Falconet [Microhierax caerulescens]
5 seen at Mahananda

Common Kestrel [Falco tinnunculus]

1 seen at Mahananda FR, 2 seen below Sandakphu, 1 seen near Tonglu and 1 seen at Varsey

Peregrine Falcon [Falco peregrinus]
2 seen at Sandakphu

Great Creasted Grebe [Podiceps cristatus]
1 seen in lake Khecheoperi. This species is a vagrant here.

Indian Cormorant [Phalacrocorax fuscicollis]
Common at Calcutta and about 15 at Mahananda WS

Great Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo]
5 seen at Mahananda WS

Little Egret [Egretta garzetta]
2 seen at Calcutta and 1 seen at Mahananda WS

Great Egret [Casmerodius albus]
3 seen at Mahananda WS

Cattle Egret [Bubulcus ibis]
Common in the lowlands

Indian Pond-Heron [Ardeola grayii]
Common at Calcutta. 2 seen at Mahananda WS

Black Ibis [Pseudibis papillosa]
3 seen at Mahananda WS southern part.

Asian Openbill [Anastomus oscitans]
50 seen at Calcutta

Woolly-necked Stork [Ciconia episcopus]
1 seen at Sorea, Mahananda

Black Stork [Ciconia nigra]
3+2 seen at Mahananda WS

Lesser Adjutant [Leptoptilos javanicus]
2 seen at Mahananda WS

Blue Pitta [Pitta cyanea]
One in the group had a very swift view of something that could have been a Blue Pitta at Mahananda WS

Long-tailed Broadbill [Psarisomus dalhousiae]
1 pair seen at Mahananda FR at about 1000 masl. Bird of the trip for most in the group!