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| Musa laterita (Bronze Banana)
Place : Dalapchand, East Sikkim
Date: November 23, 2011
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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| Musa laterita (Bronze Banana)
Place :Ranipool, East Sikkim
Date: May 24, 2011
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Musaceae |
| Genus: | Musa |
| Species: | M. laterita |
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Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock Thrush - female)
Place : Sirwani, East SikkimDate: February 16, 2010 Pic: Krishna Dahal   |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Monticola |
| Species: | M. solitarius |
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Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow)
Place : Dentam, West SikkimDate: May 24, 2014 Pic: Shital Pradhan |
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Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow)
Place : Rongli, East SikkimDate: April 10, 2010 Pic: Shital Pradhan |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Hirundo |
| Species: | H. rustica |
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Troides aeacus (Golden Birdwing)
Place : Rangpo, East SikkimDate: March 26, 2014 Pic: Santosh Sharma |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. aeacus |
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Ficedula sapphira (Sapphire Flycatcher)
Place : Singtam, East SikkimDate: January 23, 2014 Pic: Shital Pradhan |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Ficedula |
| Species: | F. sapphira |
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5th instar caterpillar of Great Mormon (Papilio memnon agenor)
Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim Date: March 31, 2014 Pic: Shital Pradhan |
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Buceros bicornis (Great Pied Hornbill - Female)
Other name: Great Hornbill, Great Indian Hornbill
Venue: Sawney, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: March 31, 2014
Pic: Pritam Shilal
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Subfamily: | Bucerotinae |
| Genus: | Buceros |
| Species: | B. bicornis |
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Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Great Black-headed Gull)
Place : Singtam, East Sikkim Other name: Fish Gull, Great Black-headed Gull, Pallas's Gull Date: Marh 21, 2014 Pic: Santosh Sharma |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Ichthyaetus |
| Species: | I. ichthyaetus Source : Wikipedia: |
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Ficedula strophiata (Rufous gorgeted flycatcher)
Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim Other name: Orange-gorgetted Flycatcher, Orange-gorgeted Flycatcher, Orange-breasted Flycatcher, Red-throated Flycatcher Local Name: Lepcha : Phatttagrakpho, Nepali: Siphya Date: Marh 2, 2014 Pic: Shital Pradhan |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum: | Chordata | |
| Class: | Aves | |
| Order: | Passeriformes | |
| Family: | Muscicapidae | |
| Genus: | Ficedula | |
| Species: | F. strophiata | Source : Wikipedia |
I am new to bird
watching and I am glad to say I am enjoying it. In the last two months I have
come across more than 40 species of avian diversity. From the smallest of
humming birds to the biggest, the Cormorants; the avian world is beautiful and
beyond any comparisons. In recent times, I am very fond to two birds; sparrows
as a whole and a common mynah particularly the one I had recently discovered
that had a deformed upper mandible and I named him “Machindra”. 
Little did I have
thought that the concrete jungles we human are creating are one of the reasons
for the downfall of the House Sparrow locally called “Bhangerra” (Nepali language). That small creature likes wooden
houses and live in the cavities of old houses which are now very hard to find.
Due to lack of house factors, the house sparrow’s eggs gets destroy and their
population is in a decrease. Today’s highly qualified civilization do not
prefer to catch hold on nestling materials being dropped at their houses or
gardens, is the other reason that people have left appreciating these small
birds Feeding sparrows are limited to
lesser people compared to few decades back. There are various other reasons for
the downfall of sparrow population but I am sure we all need to come together
and save this small creature for the survival of our environment, for the
balancing of the nature. Why not support these birds by having a bird nest and
bird feeders at your house?
Few days back I came across
a strange looking Common Mynah (“rupp-pee”
as we call it in Nepali) at the verandah of my home, surprisingly its upper
mandible had scrolled towards sky. I found it very strange and close to her was
another rupp-pee walking side by
side. I could not believe that the other bird was feeding grains to the malformed
one. Amazingly I came to learn from source that male Common Mynahs are larger
in size compared to the female. I found that normal looking Common Mynah’s bill
was shorter than the deformed bird. To my notice, the deformed bird was larger
than the other bird when together. So, does that mean a female bird was feeding
the male one!!