Golden-fronted Leafbird at Mahananda

Orange-bellied Leafbird [Chloropsis hardwickei]
10 seen at Samtar and 2 seen at Pemyangtse

Brown Shrike [Lanius cristatus]
3 seen at Calcutta and 1 seen at Mahananda WS

Long-tailed Shrike [Lanius schach]
2 seen at Calcutta, 1 seen at Mahananda FR, 1 seen at Samtar, 2 seen at Lava, 1 seen between Kalimpong and Manaybanjang.

Grey-backed Shrike [Lanius tephronotus]
2 seen at Mahananda WS

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie [Urocissa flavirostris]
Singles to fairly common on the Sandakphu trek and at Hilley/Varsey.

Green Magpie (Common) [Cissa chinensis]
2 heard at Mahananda FR, 1 heard at Lava and 1 seen at lake Khecheoperi.

Rufous Treepie [Dendrocitta vagabunda]
6 seen at Mahananda WS

Grey Treepie [Dendrocitta formosae]
1 seen at Samtar and 2 seen at Lava, 2 seen near Tonglu and 7 seen at Hilley/Varsey

Spotted Nutcracker [Nucifraga caryocatactes]
Fairly common on the Sandakphu trek. Race N c hemispila

House Crow [Corvus splendens]
Common in the lowlands/cities

Large-billed Crow [Corvus macrorhynchos]
Fairly common to common throughout.

Common Raven [Corvus corax]
Singles on the Sandakphu trek

Ashy Wood-swallow [Artamus fuscus]
3 seen at Mahananda WS

Black-hooded Oriole [Oriolus xanthornus]
7 seen and heard at Mahananda WS

Maroon Oriole [Oriolus traillii]
3 seen at Samtar, 1 seen at Pipeline trail, Lava and 1 seen at lake Khecheoperi

Large Cuckoo-shrike [Coracina macei]
8 seen at Mahananda, 1 seen near Gairibas

Black-winged Cuckoo-Shrike [Coracina melaschistos]
3 seen at Mahananda FR, 2 seen at Samtar, 1 seen at Lava, 2 seen at Varsey

Long-tailed Minivet [Pericrocotus ethologus]
1 seen at Mahananda WS, 2 seen at Gairibas, 1+4 seen at Varsey

Short-billed Minivet [Pericrocotus brevirostris]
1 seen at Mahananda WS, 10 seen at Samtar, 6 seen at Lava and 2 seen at the lower part of the Sandakphu trek.
Around Gairibas we had about 40 unidentified minivets.

Scarlet Minivet [Pericrocotus flammeus]
Fairly common at Mahananda, 10 seen at Samtar

Yellow-bellied Fantail [Rhipidura hypoxantha]
Fairly common on the Sandakphu trek and Varsey

White-throated Fantail [Rhipidura albicollis]
1 seen at Mahananda FR, 3 seen at Samtar, fairly common at Lava, 7 seen at Varsey

Black Drongo [Dicrurus macrocercus]
Common in the lowlands

Ashy Drongo [Dicrurus leucophaeus]
Common higher up than Black Drongo

Bronzed Drongo [Dicrurus aeneus]
2 seen at Mahananda FR

Hair-crested Drongo(Spangled) [Dicrurus hottentottus]
Common at Mahananda

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo [Dicrurus paradiseus]
Fairly common at Mahananda

Black-naped Monarch [Hypothymis azurea]
3 seen at Mahananda

Large Woodshrike [Tephrodornis gularis]
2 seen at Mahananda WS and 4 seen at Mahananda FR, 2 seen between Kalimpong and Banaymanjang

Blue-capped Rock-Thrush [Monticola cinclorhynchus]
4 seen at Mahananda FR, 2 seen at Samtar, 4 seen at Lava and 2 seen at Varsey


Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush [Monticola rufiventris]
2 females seen at Mahananda WS, 2 seen at Samtar, Fairly common on the Sandakphu trek, 5 seen at Varsey.

Blue Whistling-Thrush [Myophonus caeruleus]
Common in the mountains

Orange-headed Thrush [Zoothera citrine]
1 seen at Mahananda WS
 

Plain-backed Thrush [Zoothera mollissima]
6 seen on the Sandakphu trek mostly around Gairibas
 

Scaly Thrush [Zoothera dauma]
2 seen at Samtar, 2 seen at Neora, 2 seen near Gairibas
 

Tickell’s Thrush [Turdus unicolor]
2 seen 12 kms before Lava towards Kalimpong and 1 seen near Pelling

White-collared Blackbird [Turdus albocinctus]
Fairly common in the mountains

Grey-winged Blackbird [Turdus boulboul]
5 seen near Samtar, 2 seen at Neora, Lava and 1 male seen near Soreng

Chestnut Thrush [Turdus rubrocanus]
1 seen at Neora, Lava and 1 seen at Gairibas

Dark-throated Thrush [Turdus ruficollis]
1 seen at Sandakphu and 2 seen between Kalaphokri and Gairibas

White-browed Shortwing [Brachypteryx Montana]
1 seen at Hilley and four seen and heard at Varsey