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The main focus of GIBT 2018 – CS is to find Himalayan Monal, Khalij Pheasant & Koklass Pheasant. We have only selected two destinations, Chopta and Sattal. Said that we have decided to do birding on our way wherever possible. Both Chopta and Sattal are in the state of Uttarakhand. We started our trip from New Delhi and ended in New Delhi.
Our first checklist came from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi itself and the first bird was a Bank Myna followed by Feral Pigeons. On our way to Chopta, the first destination, we have recorded a number of other common species like House Crow, Common Myna, etc. We also touched two states, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
The first bird seen from the Uttarakhand is a Crested Kingfisher. Though we had a good view of it no good photographs were taken. We saw the bird before we reached Chopta. We saw them when we stopped for a break on our way.
Birds
- Aberrant Bush Warbler
- Alexandrine Parakeet
- Alpine Accentor
- Ashy-throated Warbler
- Ashy Prinia
- Asian Barred Owlet
- Asian Pied Starling
- Bank Myna
- Barn Swallow
- Bar-headed Goose
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
- Black Bulbul
- Black Drongo
- Black Kite
- Black-chinned Babbler
- Black-headed Ibis
- Black-headed Jay
- Black-throated Tit
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue Whistling-Thrush
- Bluethroat
- Blue-capped Redstart
- Blue-fronted Redstart
- Blue-throated Barbet
- Blue-winged Minla
- Brown Dipper
- Brown-fronted Woodpecker
- Cattle Egret
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
- Chestnut-headed Tesia
- Chestnut-tailed Minla
- Cinereous Tit
- Citrine Wagtail
- Coal Tit
- Collared Dove
- Collared Grosbeak
- Common Babbler
- Common Green-Magpie
- Common Moorhen
- Common Myna
- Common Rosefinch
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Common Starling
- Common Woodpigeon
- Crested Goshawk
- Crested Kingfisher
- Crested Serpent-Eagle
- Dark-sided Flycatcher
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Hoopoe
- Eurasian Jay
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
- Fire-tailed Sunbird
- Green Sandpiper
- Glossy Ibis
- Great Barbet
- Great White Egret
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Yellownape
- Green-backed Tit
- Green-tailed Sunbird
- Grey Bushchat
- Grey Heron
- Grey Treepie
- Grey Wagtail
- Grey-headed Swamphen
- Grey-headed Woodpecker
- Grey-hooded Warbler
- Grey-winged Blackbird
- Hill Partridge
- Himalayan Bluetail
- Himalayan Bulbul
- Himalayan Buzzard
- Himalayan Griffon
- Himalayan Monal
- Himalayan Swiftlet
- Himalayan Woodpecker
- House Crow
- House Sparrow
- Hume’s Warbler
- Indian Pond Heron
- Indian Robin
- Indian Spot-billed Duck
- Intermediate Egret
- Isabelline Shrike
- Jungle Babbler
- Kalij Pheasant
- Koklass Pheasant
- Large-billed Crow
- Laughing Dove
- Little Cormorant
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Long-tailed Minivet
- Long-tailed Shrike
- Maroon Oriole
- Mistle Thrush
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle
- Oriental White-eye
- Painted Stork
- Pink-browed Rosefinch
- Plain Prinia
- Plumbeous Redstart
- Red-billed Blue-Magpie
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- Red-breasted Parakeet
- Red-headed Bullfinch
- Red-naped Ibis
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Rock Bunting
- Rock Dove
- Rufous Sibia
- Rufous Turtle Dove
- Rufous-bellied Niltava
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
- Rufous-breasted Accentor
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
- Russet Sparrow
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
- Scaly Thrush
- Scarlet Minivet
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher
- Slaty-headed Parakeet
- Small Niltava
- Snow Pigeon
- Speckled Wood-Pigeon
- Spotted Dove
- Spotted Forktail
- Steppe Eagle
- Streaked Laughingthrush
- Striated Babbler
- Striated Laughingthrush
- Variegated Laughingthrush
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- White-breasted Waterhen
- White-browed Fulvetta
- White-capped Redstart
- White-crested Laughingthrush
- White-tailed Lapwing
- White-tailed Nuthatch
- White-throated Fantail
- White-throated Kingfisher
- White-throated Laughingthrush
- Wood Sandpiper
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
- Yellow-browed Tit
Mammals
- Himalayan Thar
- Royle’s Pika
Gallery
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