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Lanius schach (Long-tailed Shrike)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 7, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Friday, 14 February 2014
Lanius schach (Long-tailed Shrike) - Sikkim Bird
Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Black Bulbul) - Sikkim Bird
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Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Black Bulbul)
Venue: Government Fruit Preservatory Factory, Singtam., East Sikkim
Date: April 26, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Black Bulbul)
Venue: Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: March 4, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Hypsipetes
Species: H. leucocephalus
Binomial
name: Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Gmelin,
1789)
Other
Names:
Local Names:
Special
feature:
Megalaima asiatica (Blue-throated Barbet) - Sikkim Bird
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Megalaima asiatica (Blue-throated Barbet)
Venue: Mazhitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim
Date: January 25, 2014
Pic: Santosh Sharma
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| Venue: Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: February 18, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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| Venue: Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: November 20, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Prunella strophiata (Rufous-breasted Accentor) - Sikkim Bird
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Prunella strophiata (Rufous-breasted Accentor)
Venue: Himalayan Zoological Park, Gangtok, East Sikkim
Date: February 5, 2014
Pic: Santosh Sharma
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Copsychus saularis (Oriental Magpie-Robin - Female) - Sikkim Bird
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Copsychus saularis (Oriental Magpie-Robin - Female)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 6, 2014
Pic: Swarup Rai
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Copsychus saularis (Oriental Magpie-Robin - Male) - Sikkim Bird
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Copsychus saularis (Oriental Magpie-Robin - Male)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: February 3, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
 The male Oriental Magpie-Robin have black head and breast. This bird is the National Bird of Bangladesh. |
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Falco tinnunculus (Common Kestrel- Male) - Sikkim Bird
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Falco tinnunculus (Common Kestrel -Male)
Venue: Lingdok, East Sikkim
Date: February 7, 2008
Pic: Santosh Sharma
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Tor putitora (Himalayan golden mahseer) - Sikkim Fish
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Tor putitora (Himalayan golden mahseer)
Venue: Golitar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: April 8, 2008
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species it is categorised as endangered. This fish is the National Fish of Pakistan
Monday, 10 February 2014
Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Indian mottled eel) - Sikkim Fish
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Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Indian mottled eel)
Venue: Goliar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: May 31, 2010
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Phoenicurus frontalis (Blue-fronted Redstart) - Sikkim Bird
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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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