Birds in Bihar: Birds in Mithila

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

A walk through MIT Campus Muzaffarpur

I have walked through Police Line to #Muzaffarpur Institute of Technoloyg's play ground on 27th and 29th January 2017. Due to fogy weather and under the poor light conditions on 27th January, the snapped photographs quality was compromised. But the initial survey has compelled me to visit the place on subsequent days. The most important findings of the visit was Nilgiri Flycatcher which is not known or common in the region.

Nilgiri-flycatcher-(Eumyias-albicaudatus)

Himalayan Flameback woodpecker(Dinopium shorii)

common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Indianpondheron or paddybird (Ardeola grayii)

Greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis)

Common Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)

Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)

Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)

Grey-headed Barbet (Gymnobucco cinereiceps)

Piedmyna or Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra)

Gray-backed Shrike (Lanius tephronotus)

Purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)

White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)

Indianpondheron or paddybird (Ardeola grayii)

Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)

Nilgiri-flycatcher-(Eumyias-albicaudatus)

jungle babbler (Turdoides striata)

Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)

Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)

Purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)

Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

jungle babbler (Turdoides striata)

Common Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Bagmati Valley 2014

I snapped these all birds in the Bagmati delta during my stay at my native place in Sheohar district from October 29- November 3, 2014. Most of the captured birds are territorial birds.However, some winter migratory birds (from the Himalaya and the Eurasia) were also observed.

Great tit (Parus major)

Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra)

Purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)

Greater Coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis)

Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

White-throated #kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Greater Coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis)

Black-headed oriole (Oriolus larvatus) Jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

White-throated #kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

Purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)

Common myna (Acridotheres tristis)

Great tit (Parus major)

Chiffchaff(Phylloscopus collybita)

Black-headed oriole (Oriolus larvatus) Jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus)

House crow (Corvus splendens)

Jungle Wabler Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)

White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

House spparow

Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

Grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)

The following photographs has been snapped on 27th and 28th January 2017. Only two significant addition to this blog album was sighting of a Black wing kite near the bank of Bagmati river and an Indian rollar near Kushhar.