Bird watching Tour in Nepal
Adventure club organizes bird watching tours in Nepal in the most beautiful and exciting destinations that cover Shivapuri, Godavari, Chitwan National Park, around Phewa Lake in Pokhara, Koshi Tappu Wildilfe Reserve and other popular areas. These tours are designed to satisfy the needs of all types of birdwatcher to the seasoned veteran in enjoyable and professional manner. Clients can decide where they want to visit and take photographs, we will arrange the trip as per their interest
Birds found in Shivapuri National Park & Nagarjun Forest
A total of 178 species has been recorded in Shivapuri National Park but many more are likely to occur. The park has good populations of Spiny Babbler and Hoary-throated Barwing, two restricted-range species. Some other birds found in this area are the Laughing Thrush, Crested Serpent Eagle, Little Pied Fly Catchers, and Ruby - Throats. At Nagarjun forest at 2105 m pheasants, magpies, sunbirds and ruby-throats are found.
The following birds are sighted in the Chitwan National Park
Chitwan National Park inhabits some 450 species of birds. Flocks of Common and Demoiselle Cranes are seen on passage between March and May and October/November. Along the marshes and small lakes there we find Cormorants, Darter, Cinnamon Bittern, Black-crowned Night and Purple Herons, Asian Openbill, Woolly-necked and Lesser Adjutant Storks, Lesser Whistling Duck, Cotton Pygmy Goose, Balloons Ruddy-breasted and Brown Crakes, Purple Gallinule, Bronze-winged Jacana, Painted Snipe and Stork-billed Kingfisher, Chestnut-crowned and Spotted Bush Warblers, Yellow bellied Prinia, Clamorous Reed, dusky and Smoky Warblers, and Red-capped Babbler. Forest species regular seen are Lesser Fishing and Grey headed Eagle, Brown Fish Owl, Changeable Hawk-Eagle, Kalij Pheasant, Emerald Dove, Orange-breasted Green and Pompadour Green Pigeon, Moustached Parakeet, Green-billed Malkoha, Brown Hawk Owl, Crested Treeswift, Pied and Great Hornbills, Streak-throated Green, Rufous, Himalayan Golden-backed and Greater Golden- backed Woodpeckers, Large Woodshrike Rosy Minivet, Black- crested Bulbul, Golden fronted Leaf bird, Pale-chinned Flycatcher, Black-napped Monarch, Puff-throated Babbler, White-browed Scimitar-Babbler, Grey-throated Babbler, Crimson Sunbird, Thick-billed Flowerpecker, Hill Mynah, Black-hooded Oriole, White-rumped Shama, Lesser Necklaced, Greater Necklaced and Rufous-necked Laughing-thrushes, Nepal Fulvetta, Streaked Spider hunter, yellow-bellied Warbler, Rufous-bellied Eagle, Forest Eagle, Tawny Fish Owls, Red-headed Trogon, White-browed Piculet, Great Slaty Woodpecker, Long-tailed Broadbill, Ruby-cheeked Sunbird and Little Spiderhunter.
Phewa Lake and nearby forest in Pokhara:
The forest along the southern shore of the Phewa lake, many birds are found here which include Besra, Red-thighed Falconet, Pallid and Pied Harriers, Eurasian Griffon, Red-headed and Eurasian Black Vultures, Kalij Pheasant, Ducks, Gulls, Terns, Waders, Bulbul, Black-backed Forktail, Puff-throated Babbler, White-crested, Lesser Necklaced and Rufous-chinned Laughing Thrushes, Red-billed Leiothrix, Minivets, Crimson Sunbird, Maroon Oriole, Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Red-billed and Green Magpies, Long-tailed Mountain Thrush, Chestnut-headed and Grey-bellied Tesias, Chestnut-crowned Warbler, Small and Rufous-bellied Niltavas and Snowy-brown Flycatcher, Long-tailed Broadbill, Pale Blue Flycatcher, White-tailed Robin, Spiny Babbler, White-browed Scimitar-Babbler, Striated Munia, Lesser Whitethroat and Thick-billed Warbler.
Birds found in Koshi Tappu Wildilfe Reserve:
One of the best times to visit this wildlife reserve is in between February and early March. A total of 25 wildfowl species have been recorded including regular sightings of Bar-headed Goose, Comb Duck, Cotton Pygmy Goose, Falcated Duck, Red-Crested Pochard. Pacific Golden Plover, Temmincks Stint, Pintail Snipe and Marsh Sandpiper occur annually. In additions small numbers of gull and teams can be seen both wintering and on passage. These include Great Black-headed and Brown-headed Gulls, Gull-billed, Caspian and Whiskered Terms. It is also the best site to watch for birds of prey that includes Brahminy Kite, Pallas’s Fish Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Eurasian Black Vulture, Short-toed Eagle, Pallid and Pied Harriers, Greater-spotted, Steppe and Imperial Eagles, Peregrine and Red-naked Falcon.
