BHUTAN MAMMALS & BIRDS Seen & Heard

BHUTAN MAMMALS & BIRDS Seen & Heard
APRIL 5 - 24, 2009
h = heard, but not seen
Pa = Paro District (April 5 - 6 & April 23 - 25) Paro & Chelela
Th = Thimphu (April 6 - 8 & April 23) Jigme Dorji NP
Pu = Punakha (April 8) Punakha Dzong and Mo & Po rivers
W = Wangdi Phodrang (April 8 - 9 & April 21 - 22) Pelela & Phobjikha
S = Shemgang or Zhemgang (April 10 - 12) Tintibi Campsite
Tr = Trongsa (April 9 - 10 & April 12 - 13) Docula & road to Shemgang
1-800-527-5330 B = Bumthang (April 13 & April 19 - 21) Chamkhar town & Yongtong La
www.cheesemans.com M = Mongar (April 13 - 20) Thrumshing NP, Gayzamchu camp, Tragopan
camp, Mongar town, Korila Forest, Yongkola camp
Pa, etc. refers to dzongkhags (districts):
Pa Pa-Th Th-W- Tr- S S- Tr- M M M M M M- B B- W- Th-Pa
Th Pu Tr S Tr M B W Th Pa
Common Name Latin Name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 MAMMALS
2 Large-eared Pika Ochotona matona x x x x
3 Black (Malayan) Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor x x x
4 Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel Dremomys lokriah x x x x x x
5 Five Stripe (Northern) Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii x x
6 Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops macciellandi x x x x x
7 Pallas Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus x x x x x
8 Spotted Flying Squirrel Peturista elegans x
9 Yellow-throated(Yellow-necked)Marten Martes flavigula x x x
10 Capped Langur Trachypithecus pileatus x x x
11 Golden Leaf Monkey (Langur) Trachypithecus geei x x x x
12 Assamese Macaque Macaca assamenis x x x x x x
13 Himalayan Weasel Mustella sibirica x
14 Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus x
15 Eurasian Wild Boar Sus scrofa x
16 Indian Muntjac (Barking Deer) Muntiacus muntjak x x h x h h x
17 Common Goral (Ghoral) Naemorhedus goral x x
18 BIRDS
19 PELECANIFORMES
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Common Name Latin Name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
20 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo x x x x
21 CICONIIFORMES
22 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea x
23 ANSERIFORMES
24 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea x
25 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope x x
26 Gadwall Anas strepera x
27 Northern Pintail Anas acuta x
28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula x
29 FALCONIFORMES
30 Pallas' Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus x
31 Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis x x x x
32 Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela x x
33 Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus x
34 Shikra Accipiter badius x
35 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus x x x x
36 Eurasian (Common) Buzzard Buteo buteo x x x x x x x
37 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis x x x x x x
38 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis x x x
39 Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis x x x x x x x
40 Eurasian (Common) Kestrel Falco tinnunculus x x x
41 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis x
42 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo x x
43 GALLIFORMES
44 Hill (Common Hill) Partridge Arborophila torqueola h h h h h h h
45 Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii h h
46 Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus x x x x
47 Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra x
48 Himalayan Monal(Monal Pheasant) Lophophorus impejanus x x
49 Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus h x
50 Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos x x x
51 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
52 GRUIFORMES
53 Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis x x
54 Black-tailed Crake Amaurornis bicolor x
55 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus x
56 CHARADRIIFORMES
57 Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii x
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Common Name Latin Name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
58 River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii x x x x x
59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos x x
60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus x
61 COLUMBIFORMES
62 Rock Pigeon Columba livia x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
63 Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota x x x
64 Speckled Wood-Pigeon Columba hodgsonii x x x x x x
65 Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
66 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis x x x x x x
67 Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall x x x x x
68 Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon Treron apicauda x
69 Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon Treron sphenurus x
70 Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia x x
71 CUCULIFORMES
72 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides h h x x h x h h h x x h
73 Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax x
74 Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus x
75 Common (Eurasian) Cuckoo Cuculus canorus x h h x x h h
76 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus h h h h h x h h x h x
77 Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus x h x h h
78 Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus x x h x
79 Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus x x
80 Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis x
81 STRIGIFORMES
82 Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus x h
83 Himalayan Wood Owl Stix nivicola h
84 Tawny Owl Strix aluco h
85 Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei h h h
86 Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides h h x h
87 CAPRIMULGIFORMES
88 Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus h x
89 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis x x
90 APODIFORMES
91 Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus x x x x x x x x x x x
92 TROGONIFORMES
93 Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi x
94 CORACIIFORMES
95 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis x x x x
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Common Name Latin Name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
96 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris x x
97 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
98 Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni x x x
99 Eurasian (Common) Hoopoe Upupa epops x x x x x x x x
100 Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis x
101 Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis x x x x x x h x
102 PICIFORMES
103 Great Barbet Megalaima virens h x x x h h h x x x x x h
104 Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii h x x x x x x h x
105 Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica x x x x h h h
106 Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus x
107 Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus x
108 Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus x x x x x
109 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius x x x x
110 Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis h h h x
111 Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus x
112 Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha x
113 Gray-faced(Grey-headed)Woodpecker Picus canus x
114 Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis h h x x
115 PASSERIFORMES
116 Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae x x
117 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula x x
118 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica x x
119 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus x x x
120 Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense x x x
121 Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus x x
122 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni x x x x x x x x x x x x
123 White Wagtail Motacilla alba x x x x x x x x x x x
124 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava x
125 Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike Coracina melaschistos x x x x x x x
126 Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus x x x x x
127 Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris x x x x x
128 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus x x x x x x
129 Gray-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris x x x x x
130 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus x
131 Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus x x x x x x
132 Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus x
133 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer x x x x x x x x x
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Common Name Latin Name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
134 White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus x x x x
135 Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii x x x
136 Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala x x x
137 Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus x x x x x x x x x x x x x
138 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii x x x x x x
139 Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii x x x
140 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes x
141 Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata x x x x x x x
142 Blue-capped Rock-Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus x x x x x x
143 Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush Monticola rufiventris x x x x x x x x
144 Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius x x x x x
145 Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
146 White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus x x x x x x x x x
147 Gray-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul x x x x x x x x x
148 Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera x
149 Hill Prinia Prinia atrogularis x
150 Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata x h h
151 Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea x h h
152 Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler Cettia fortipes h x x x h h
153 Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler Cettia acanthizoides x
154 Gray-sided Bush-Warbler Cettia brunnifrons x
155 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius x x
156 Tickell's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus affinis x x x x x
157 Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher x x x x x x
158 Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis x x x x x x x x
159 Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus x x x x x
160 Blyth's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
161 Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator x x x
162 Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri x x x x
163 Green-cr.(Golden-spectacled)Warbler Seicercus burkii x x x x x x x x
164 Gray-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos x x x x x x x x x x x
165 White-spectacled Warbler Seicercus affinis x x
166 Gray-cheeked Warbler Seicercus poliogenys x x
167 Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps x x x x x x x x x x
168 Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps x x x
169 Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica x x x x
170 Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea x
171 Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata x x x x x x x x x
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Common Name Latin Name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
172 Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni x
173 Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris x x x x x x x
174 Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
175 Large Niltava Niltava grandis x x h x x x h x
176 Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae x
177 Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara x x x
178 Pale Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor x x
179 Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides x x
180 Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis x x x x x x x x x
181 Orange-flanked Bush Robin Tarsiger cyanurus x x x
182 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis x x x x x x
183 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros x
184 Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni x x
185 Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis x x x x x x x x x
186 White-capped Water Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
187 Plumbeous Water Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosa x x x x x x x x x x x x
188 Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri x
189 Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus x x
190 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura x x x x x
191 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
192 Gray Bushchat Saxicola ferreus x x x x x x x x
193 Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha x x x x x x
194 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis x x x x x x h x
195 White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
196 White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus x h x x x
197 Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striatus x x x x x x x x
198 Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis x x
199 Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Garrulax rufogularis h h h x
200 Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus x x h
201 Gray-sided Laughingthrush Garrulax caerulatus x x x x
202 Streaked (Bhutan) Laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus (imbricatum) x
203 Scaly Laughingthrush Garrulax subunicolor x
204 Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatus x x
205 Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affinis h h x x x h h h x
206 Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalus x h x x x x x x x
207 Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea x h
208 Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babb;er Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis h x x h
209 White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps x
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Common Name Latin Name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
210 Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis h x x
211 Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler Xiphirhynchus superciliaris x
212 Long-billed Wren-Babbler Rimator malacoptilus h
213 Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler Napothera epilepidota h
214 Pygmy Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla x
215 Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus x
216 Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps x x x
217 Golden Babbler Stachyris chrysaea x x x x x x
218 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea h h h x x h
219 Cutia Cutia nipalensis x x x
220 White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis h x x x
221 Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis x
222 White-hooded Babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus x
223 Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni x x x x
224 Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis x x
225 Blue-winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera x x x x x x
226 Chestnut-tailed Minla Minla strigula x x x x x x x x x x x
227 Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta x x x x x x x x
228 Golden-breasted Fulvetta Alcippe chrysotis x x x
229 Yellow-throated Fulvetta Alcippe cinerea x x x x x
230 Rufous-winged Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps x
231 White-browed Fulvetta Alcippe vinipectus x x x x x x x x x
232 Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis x x x x x x
233 Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
234 Striated Yuhina Yuhina castaniceps x x
235 White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri x x x x
236 Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
237 Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis x x x x x x x x x
238 Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis x x x x
239 Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta x x x
240 White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca x
241 Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura x
242 Great Parrotbill Conostoma oemodium h
243 Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor x x x
244 Black-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis nipalensis x x x
245 Black-browed(Lesser Rufous-headed) Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris x
246 Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps x
247 Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus x x x x
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Common Name Latin Name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
248 Black-browed (Rufous-fronted) Tit Aegithalos iouschistos x x x x x
249 Coal Tit Periparus ater x x x x x x x
250 Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris x x x
251 Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous x x
252 Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
253 Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus x x
254 Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus x x x x x
255 Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea x x x
256 Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea x x x x
257 White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis x x x x x x
258 Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa h
259 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria x
260 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris x
261 Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis h x x x
262 Brown-throated Treecreeper Certhia discolor x x
263 Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps x
264 Mrs Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae x x x x x x x x
265 Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis x x x x x x x x x x x x x
266 Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata x x x x x x x
267 Eastern Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja x x x
268 Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda x x
269 Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna x
270 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectum x x x x x
271 Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus x x x x x x
272 Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii x h x x x x x x
273 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach x x x x x x x x
274 Gray-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
275 Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis x
276 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
277 Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus x x x
278 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer x
279 Spangled (Hair-crested) Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus x x
280 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus x
281 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus x x
282 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius x x x x
283 Gold-billed(Yellow-billed Blue)Magpie Urocissa flavirostris x x x x x x x x x x
284 Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis h x
285 Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae x x x x x x
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Common Name Latin Name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
286 Black-billed (Eurasian) Magpie Pica pica x x x x x
287 Spotted (Eurasian) Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes x x x x x x x
288 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax x x x x x x x x x x x x x
289 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos x x x x x x h x x x x x x h x x x x x x
290 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis x x x x x x x x
291 Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans x x x x x x x x x x x x
292 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus x x x x x x x x x x x x x
293 Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola x
294 Crimson-browed Finch Pinicola subhimachala x
295 Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis x
296 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus x x x
297 White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura x x
298 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra x x x x
299 Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides x x x
300 Tibetan Siskin (Serin) Serinus thibetanus x
301 Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala x x x x x x
302 Gray-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca x
303 Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis x h
304 White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes x x x x
305 Gold-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta x x
306 Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi x x x x x
307 Crested Bunting Melophus lathami x x x
308 Gray-hooded Bunting Emberiza buchanani x x x x
Programs for mammal and bird lists by Santa Barbara Software: "BirdArea" and "BirdBase"
following Clements' Checklist of Birds of the World, sixth edition, 2007
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