Field guide
Species protected under Nepal’s National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act, and among the birds Bird Conservation Nepal works hardest to safeguard. Every one carries two names — and the Nepali one is how most people here know it.
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Ciconia ciconia Ciciniidae
It is a huge bird, 100-125 cm (40-50 in.) tall, with a 155-200 cm (61-79 in) wingspan and a weight of 2.3-4.5 kg (5-10 lbs). It is completely white ex…
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Tragopan satyra Phasianidae
Male has red under parts with black- bordered white spots and olive brown coloration to upperparts. Facial skin is blue. Female is rufous-brown with w…
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Grus Antigone Gruidae
It is a very large crane, averaging 156 cm (5 ft) in length, which is found in freshwater marshes and plains. Adults are grey with a bare red head and…
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Sypheotides indica Otidae
Small, slim, long necked bustard. Male breeding has spatulate tipped head plumes, black head/neck and under- parts and white wing coverts show as patc…
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Lophophorus impejanus Phasianidae
It is a relatively large sized bird with reference to family Phasianidae. About 70 cm in length, the weight of males and females range between 1980-23…
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Buceros bicornis Bucerotidae
The great hornbill also commonly known as the concave-casqued hornbill is a large bird with a very large bill, which bears a sizable, brightly colored…
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