Friday 28 February 2014
Thursday 27 February 2014
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Dendrocitta formosae (Grey Treepie) - Sikkim Bird
Dendrocitta formosae (Grey Treepie)
Other name: Himalayan Treepie
Venue: Sikkim Supreme, Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: April 27, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Dendrocitta formosae (Grey Treepie)
Other name: Himalayan Treepie
Venue: Duga, East Sikkim
Date: February 2, 2014
Pic: Santosh Sharma
The Bill of this bird seems deformed. |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Dendrocitta |
Species: | D. formosae |
Binomial name | |
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Dendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863 |
Monday 24 February 2014
Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male) - Sikkim Butterfly
Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male)
Place : Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 6, 2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male)
Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: December 24, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Tanaecia
Species:
T.
julii
Binomial name: Tanaecia julii
Other Names: Common Earl
Special feature: This
butterfly is brown in colour with its peculiar blue-edged lower wings. The male is easily identified by having the blue band of the upperside hindwing not extending onto the forewing.
Sunday 23 February 2014
Wednesday 19 February 2014
Danaus chrysippus (Plain Tiger) - Sikkim Butterfly
Danaus chrysippus (Plain Tiger)
Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: February 18, 2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Danaus chrysippus (Plain Tiger)
Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: June16, 2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Tuesday 18 February 2014
Monday 17 February 2014
Cinclus pallasii (Brown Dipper) - Sikkim Bird
Cinclus pallasii (Brown Dipper)
Venue: Shantinagar, Singtam East Sikkim
Date: January 7, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cinclidae
Genus: Cinclus
Species: C. pallasii
Binomial name: Cinclus pallasii Temminck, 1820
Other
Names: Brown dipper, Pallas's dipper, Asian dipper or
the Asiatic dipper
Special feature: This dipper is are the biggest among
the dipper family. It is found in the low elevation flowing stream.
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