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Phoenicurus frontalis (Blue-fronted Redstart - Male)
Venue: Himalayan Zoological Park, Bulbuley, Gangtok, East Sikkim
Date: February 5, 2014
Pic: Santosh Sharma
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Monday 10 February 2014
Phoenicurus frontalis (Blue-fronted Redstart) - Sikkim Bird
Pycnonotus leucogenys (Himalayan Bulbul) - Sikim Brd
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Pycnonotus leucogenys (Himalayan Bulbul)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 6, 2014
Pic: Swarup Rai
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Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species: P.
leucogenys
Binomial name: Pycnonotus leucogenys (Gray, 1835)
Other
Names: Himalayan bulbul or White-cheeked
Bulbul
Special feature: If they are mixed with humans from
a young age, they will become friendly to humans. It is the national bird of
Bahrain.
(Wikipedia)
Pycnonotus cafer (Red-vented Bulbul) - Sikkim Bird
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Pycnonotus cafer (Red-vented Bulbul)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 5, 2014
Pic: Swarup Rai
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Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species: P. cafer
Binomial name: Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766)
Other
Names: red-vented bulbul
Special feature: It is included in the list of the
world's 100 worst invasive alien species.
Pericrocotus ethologus (Long-tailed Minivet) - Sikkim Bird
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Pericrocotus ethologus (Long-tailed Minivet)
Venue: Mazhitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim
Date: January 31, 2014
Pic: Santosh Sharma
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Saturday 8 February 2014
Parus monticolus (Green - backed Tit) - Sikkim Bird
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Parus monticolus (Green-backed Tit)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: December 31, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Parus
Species: P.
monticolus
Binomial name: Parus monticolus Vigors, 1831
Other
Names: Green-backed tit
Special feature:
Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia) - Sikkim Bird
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Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 7, 2014
Pic: Swarup Rai
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Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia)
Venue: Mazhitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim
Date: January 31, 2014
Pic: Santosh Sharma
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Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia)
Venue: Chisopani, Singtam,, East Sikkim
Date: September 24, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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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)
Motacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail) - Sikkim Bird
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Motacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Venue: Bhasmay,Rorathang East Sikkim
Date: October 24, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan |
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Motacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 4, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Motacilla
Species: M. cinerea
Binomial name: Motacilla cinerea
(Tunstall, 1771)
Other Names: Grey wagtail
Special feature: The species looks similar to the
yellow wagtail but has the yellow on its underside restricted to the throat and
vent. Breeding males have a black throat. This species was first described by
Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica. (Source:
Wikipedia)
Its
tail is noticeably longer than those of pied and yellow wagtails.
Friday 7 February 2014
Garrulax monileger ( Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush ) - Sikkim Bird
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Garrulax monileger ( Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush )
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 3, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan |
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Garrulax
Species: G. monileger
Binomial name: Garrulax monileger Hodgson, 1836
Other Names:
Special feature:
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