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Blue Whistling Thrush is a ground feeding Thrush main seen in Central Asia, China and Southern Asia. As the name suggests, the Blue Whistling Thrush’s calls are like human whistle.
Blue Whistling Thrushes are a common species of birds in most of the Himalayas.
Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush, Garrulax rufogularis, is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southern Asia.
Great Barbet, Psilopogon virens, is the largest Barbet in the world.
Crested Kingfisher, Megaceryle lugubris, is a large kingfisher found in the Southern Asia.
Grey Treepie, Dendrocitta formosae, is also known as Himalayan Treepie is a close relative to crows. They are mainly seen in the foothills of Himalayas, some parts of China and Taiwan.
Even though I have seen Grey Treepie quite a few times, this was the first time I have taken photograph of them. During our trip GIBT 2018 – CS we saw quite a few of them.
Black-headed Jay is a bird found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bhutan.
Durig our GIBT 2018 – CS trip, we found the bird in Sattal. Only one bird was observed during the whole trip. The bird which we say had a broken (or deformed) upper bill.
White-throated Laughingthrush, Garrulax albogularis, belongs to the laughingthrushes family and are found mainly in the Himalayas.
In Chopta & Sattal we found them everyday. Sometimes in 100s. One of the target birds in our list the species are very common in both places we visited during our GIBT 2017 – CS trip.
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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.
Great Indian Birding Trip 