Saxicola insignis (White-throated Bush Chat) - Sikkim Bird

Saxicola insignis (White-throated Bush Chat)

Place : Mazhitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim

Date: January 25 , 2013

Pic: Santosh Sharma

Megalaima asiatica (Blue-throated Barbet) - Sikkim Bird

Megalaima asiatica (Blue-throated Barbet)

Venue: Mazhitar, Rangpo,  East Sikkim

Date: January 25, 2014

Pic: Santosh Sharma

Venue: Chisopani, Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: February 18, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Venue: Chisopani, Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: November 20, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Pericrocotus ethologus (Long-tailed Minivet) - Sikkim Bird

Pericrocotus ethologus (Long-tailed Minivet)

Venue: Mazhitar, Rangpo,  East Sikkim

Date: January 31, 2014

Pic: Santosh Sharma

Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia) - Sikkim Bird

Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia)

Venue: Sungdung, Rongli,  East Sikkim

Date: January 7, 2014

Pic: Swarup Rai

Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia)

Venue: Mazhitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim

Date: January 31, 2014

Pic: Santosh Sharma

Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia)

Venue: Chisopani, Singtam,, East Sikkim

Date: September 24, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Chordata

Class:              Aves

Order:            Passeriformes

Family:           Estrildidae

Genus:            Lonchura

Species:           L. striata

Binomial name: Lonchura striata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Other Names:  white-rumped munia, white-rumped manikin; sometimes called striated finch.

Special feature:  It is native to tropical continental Asia and some adjacent islands, and has been naturalized in some parts of Japan. Its domesticated hybrid descendant, the society finch or Bengalese finch, is found worldwide as a pet and a biological model organism. (Source: Wikipedia)

Butorides striata (Indian Pond Heron) - Sikkim Bird

Butorides striata (Indian Pond Heron)

Venue: Mazhitar, Rangpo,  East Sikkim

Date: January 27, 2014

Pic: Santosh Sharma