Birds of Singalila
Singalila is undoubtedly a paradise for birders. One can explore the ravines and forests by pitstopping at a small village called Dhotrey on the outskirts of the region or cover it while trekking to Sandakphu. It is also home for the endangered Red Panda(though you need to be favoured by extreme good luck to spot one!). Below are 34 species of birds I found during my trek. My pics below also include record shots.
Do visit https://gauricosmos.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/of-ravines-wild-flowers-and-a-red-panda-sandakphu/ to experience Sandakphu through my pen and lens.
Verditer Flycatcher
Grey headed Canary Flycatcher
Spotted Laughingthrush
Rufous Sibia
Green Backed Tit
Plumbeous Water Redstart
Plumbeous Water Redstart -Young
Green Tailed Sunbird
Green Tailed Sunbird
Griffon Vulture
Griffon Vulture-Juvenile
Blue Whistling Thrush
Red Billed Leiothrix
Red Billed Leiothrix
Golden Naped Finch
Whistler’s Warbler
Bush Warbler
Black Headed Shrike Babbler
Black Bulbul
Turtle Dove
Red Crossbill
Yellow Billed Blue Magpie
Olive Backed Pipit
White Collared Blackbird
Large Green Barbet
Rufous Bellied Niltava (record shot only)
Darjeeling Woodpecker
Stripe Throated Yuhina(record only)
White Throated Fantail
Rufous Gorgetted Flycatcher
Barn Swallow
Black Drongo
Rufous Winged Fulvetta
Mrs. Gould’s sunbird (record)
Spotted Nutcracker
Identity Pending
Sapphire Flycatcher
Fire Capped Tit (validation reqd)
- Rufous Sibia
- Great Barbet
- Sapphire Flycatcher
- Spotted Laughingthrush
- Spotted Nutcracker
- Himalayan Griffon Vulture
- Olive Backed Pipit
- Stripe throated Yuhina
- Golden naped Finch
- Darjeeling Woodpecker
- Rufous gorgetted Flycatcher
- Rufous winged Fulvetta
- Yellow billed blue Magpie
- White collared Blackbird
- Green Tailed Sunbird
- Whistler’s Warbler
- Red billed Leiothrix
- Fire capped Tit
- Bush Warbler
- Red cross bill
- Mrs. Gould’s sunbird
- Verditer flycatcher
- Oriental Turtle Dove
- Long tailed Shrike
- Plumbeous water Redstart
- Blue Whistling thrush
- Black Bulbul
- Grey headed Canary Flycatcher
- Black Headed Shrike Babbler
- White Throated Fantail
- Black Drongo
- Rufous bellied Niltava
- Barn Swallow
- Green backed Tit
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