Friday 28 February 2014

Minla ignotincta (Red-tailed Minla) - Sikkim Bird

Minla ignotincta (Red-tailed Minla)
Place : Rongli, East Sikkim

Date: January 6, 2013

Pic: Swarup Rai

Niltava sundara (Rufous-bellied Niltava) - Sikkim Bird

Niltava sundara (Rufous-bellied Niltava)
Venue: Chisopani, Singtam,  East Sikkim
Date: January 22, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Thursday 27 February 2014

Tuesday 25 February 2014

Motacilla maderaspatensis (White-browed Wagtail - female) - Sikkim Bird

Motacilla maderaspatensis (White-browed Wagtail - female)

Venue: Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: January 27, 2014

Pic: Santosh Sharma

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

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
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

Tanaecia julii (Common Earl - Male)
Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: December 24, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan



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.

Dicrurus hottentottus (Hair-crested Drongo) - Sikkim Bird

Dicrurus hottentottus (Hair-crested Drongo)

Venue: Shantinagar, Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: February 24, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Dicrurus
Species: D. hottentottus

Sunday 23 February 2014

Junonia almana (Peacock Pansy) - Sikkim Butterfly

Junonia almana (Peacock Pansy)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: February 19, 2013

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Potentilla anserina (Silverweed) - Sikkim Flora

  Potentilla anserina (Silverweed)
Place : Kupup, East Sikkim
Date: July 15, 2010
Pic: Shital Pradhan

It is also known as Argentina anserina. Dactylophyllum anserinam. Fragaria anserina.

Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum (Peace Lily) - Sikkim Flora

  Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum (Peace Lily)
Place : Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: August 8, 2011
Pic: Shital Pradhan

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
 
Danaus chrysippus (Plain Tiger)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: June16, 2013

Pic: Shital Pradhan
Danaus chrysippus, also known as the Plain Tiger or African Monarch. The Plain Tiger is believed to be one of the first butterflies to be used in art. A 3500-year-old Egyptian fresco in Luxor features the oldest illustration of this species.

Danaus genutia (Common Tiger) - Sikkim Butterfly

Danaus genutia (Common Tiger)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: November 29, 2013

Pic: Shital Pradhan

 

Danaus genutia is a commonly found butterfly locally called Common Tiger or Stripped Tiger. It has a close similarity with Plain Tiger.

Ypthima huebneri (Common Four ring) - Sikkim Butterfly

Ypthima huebneri (Common Four ring)
Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: February 18, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Papilio paris (Paris Peacock) - Sikkim Butterfly

Papilio paris (Paris Peacock)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: February 18, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan


Monday 17 February 2014

Dicrurus bracteatus (Spangled Drongo) - Sikkim Bird

Dicrurus bracteatus (Spangled Drongo)

Venue: Shantinagar, Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: April 13, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Dicruridae
Genus:Dicrurus
Species:D. bracteatus

Cinclus pallasii (Brown Dipper) - Sikkim Bird

Cinclus pallasii (Brown Dipper)
Venue: Shantinagar, Singtam  East Sikkim
Date: January 7, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan



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.