Tree sparrow (Passer montanus - male) - Sikkim Bird

Tree sparrow (Passer montanus - male)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim,

Date: May 25, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

  

Kingdom:                   Animalia

Phylum:                      Chordata

Class:                         Aves

Order:                        Passeriformes

Family:                       Passeridae

Genus:                        Passer

Species:                       P. montanus

Binomial name:         Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Names: Eurasian tree sparrow, tree sparrow

Special feature: The Tree Sparrow differs from the House Sparrow in having a much smaller bib and a bright chocolate brown cap. There is also a noticeable black patch on the white cheek with the back being streaky orange-brown and the bird is slightly smaller and slimmer.

Eudynamys scolopaceus (Asian Koel - Male) - Sikkim Bird

Eudynamys scolopaceus (Asian Koel - Male)

Place : Government Fruit Preservatory Factory, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date:April 29,  2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Chordata

Class:             Aves

Order:            Cuculiformes

Family:           Cuculidae

Genus:            Eudynamys

Species:           E. scolopaceus

Binomial name: Eudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Names:  Asian koel

Special feature:  The Asian koel is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise its young.

Picus flavinucha (Greater Yellownape - Male) - Sikkim Bird

Picus flavinucha (Greater Yellownape - Male)

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: April 16,  2010
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Picus
Species:	P. flavinucha

Aethopyga nipalensis (Green-tailed Sunbird - Male) - Sikkim Bird

Aethopyga nipalensis (Green-tailed Sunbird - Male)

Place : Barsey, South Sikkim
Date: April 14,  2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Aethopyga nipalensis (Green-tailed Sunbird - Male)

Place : Barsey, South Sikkim
Date: April 14,  2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Aethopyga Species: A. nipalensis

Rhyacornis fuliginosa (Plumbeous Water Redstart - Male) - Sikkim Bird

Rhyacornis fuliginosa 

(Plumbeous Water Redstart - Male)

Venue: Shantinagar, Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: April 9, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Niltava sundara (Rufous-bellied Niltava) - Sikkim Bird

Niltava sundara (Rufous-bellied Niltava)

Venue: Chisopani, Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: January 22, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan