North-east India: a report on the birds seen during a trip to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh from 31 March till 15 April 2018

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1 North-east India: a report on the birds seen during a trip to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh from 31 March till 15 April 2018 Blue-naped Pitta at Koklabari Agriculture Farm, photographed by Pablo Vercruysse 2018 Leader: David Van den Schoor Participants: Rudy Lenaerts, Pablo Vercruysse, Herwig Blockx and Paul De Cnodder

2 INTRODUCTION After an exploration trip last year, this was Starling's first tour to Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, which, though discovered only recently, has proved very popular among the more adventurous of the birding community. Combined with nearby areas in western Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, in India s remote northeast corner, it offers a fantastic range of special birds. Despite some windy and wet weather on occasions, we had fair weather for most of our trip, enabling us to enjoy the birding. Altogether, we recorded a total of 450 species, during our 14 days but as always, it is quality, not quantity that impressed us most. Birding highlights of this wonderful tour included a male Blyth s Tragopan, which we saw quite well, Himalayan Monals, tame and noisy Snow Partridges, displaying Bengal Floricans, walk away views on a fantastic male Blue-naped Pitta, several amazing Ward s Trogons, excellent views on both males and females Rufous-necked Hornbills, close-up views on many grassland specialities like Indian and Bristled Grassbirds, Black-breasted Parrotbills, Jerdon s Babbler and Finn s Weavers. Five of the rare White-winged Duck at Nameri, great views of Spotted Elachuras, Long-billed and Bar-winged Wrenbabblers, male and female Fire-tailed Mysornis and a large gathering of Greater Adjutants at their home dump. Amongst this species recorded there were many other memorable birds: sight observations of Swamp Francolins, four species of vultures, three species of harriers, many Pallas s Fish Eagles, a pair of Black-tailed Crakes, Solitary Snipe, a confiding Long-billed Plover, Snow Pigeons, Brown Fish Owls, Dusky eagle Owls, Blyth s swifts at their nestholes, several beautiful Great Hornbills, Pale-headed Woodpeckers, a nice Collared Treepie, single Fire-capped Tits, singing Pale-footed Bush Warblers at Manas, Slender-billed Scimitar Babblers, Spotted, Scaly and Blue-winged Laughingthrushes, Himalayan Cutia s, Slaty-blue, Ultramarine, Sapphire and the scare Ferruginous Flycatcher, Tickell s, Alpine and Scaly Thrushes, Brown-throated Fulvetta s, Grey-headed and White-breasted Parrotbills, Yellow-vented, and Broad-billed Warblers, Rufous-fronted Tit, Fire-tailed Sunbird (and six other sunbirds), Red-headed and Grey-headed Bullfinches, Dark-breasted, Dark-rumped, Red-fronted and Himalayan White-browed Rosefinches, Collared Grosbeak, Scarlet and Gold-naped Finches, good numbers of Tibetan Serins and Yellow-breasted Greenfinches. We also saw a number of exciting mammals on this tour, including Asian Elephants, Gaurs, Indian Rhinoceros, Bengal Tiger, Indian Boars, Wild Water Buffalo, Swamp, Musc and Hog Deers, Smooth Indian Otters, Himalayan Yellow-throated Martin, and Paul was very lucky to spot the extremely rare Pygmy Hog around our lodge in Manas NP at night. Taken together, this was a very successful trip, with many exciting and amusing memories.

3 ITINERARY 31/03: KLM flights Brussels Amsterdam and Amsterdam Delhi. 01/04: Am: Air India flight Delhi Guwahati. Pm: Guwahati dump (15:30 till 17:00) + drive to Kaziranga NP. 02/04: Am: Jhupuri Lodge area (05:30 till 07:30) and Eastern range Kaziranga NP (08:00 till 12:00). Pm: Central range Kaziranga NP (13:30 till 18:00). 03/04: Am: Jhupuri Lodge area (05:30 till 06:30) and drive to Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. Pm: birding en route above Sessa towards Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. (14:30 till 18:00). 04/04: Am & pm: Lama Camp surroundings (05:00 till 12:30 and 13:30 till 21:00). 05/04: Am: Lama Camp Tragodanda trail - Eaglenest Pass (05:15 till 12:30). Pm: Blyth s Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp surroundings (13:30 till 18:00). 06/04: Am & pm: Bompu Camp - New Khellong (05:00 till 18:00). 07/04: Am & pm: Khellong - Sessni - Bompu Camp (05:00 till 20:00). 08/04: Am: Bompu Camp - Chakoo - Sunderview - Eaglenest Pass - (05:30 till 12:30). Pm: Lama Camp + drive to Dirang (13:30 till 20:30). 09/04: Am: Se La Pass (03:30 till 14:00). Pm: Sanghti valley (16:10 till 17:30). 10/04: Am & pm: Mandala Road (05:30 till 18:30). 11/04: Am: drive to Nameri NP + stop at Sessa (05:30 till 13:00). Pm: birding at Nameri Eco Camp surroundings (15:15 till 18:00). 12/04: Am: drive to Manas NP (05:30 till 13:00). Pm: Koklabari Agriculture Farm (14:30 till 18:00). 13/04: Am: Kuribeel Grassland (06:00 till 12:30). Pm: Mathanguri (14:00 till 20:00). 14/04: Am: Makhibaha Grassland (05:00 till 12:30). Pm: drive to Guwahati (14:00 till 17:00) Flights Guwahati Delhi. 15/04: Flight Delhi Amsterdam and train Amsterdam Antwerp/Brussels.

4 SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BIRDS Taxonomy strictly follows names and sequence of the IOC Bird List, updated till Januari 2018 (version 8.1). Some potential taxonomic splits are listed separately in a note as well as endemic species and threatened species on the IUCN Red List Threatened Birds of the World BirdLife International (2000), see also The Bird list contains only species positively identified by at least one of us. Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c10 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c30 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - 2 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 2 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 4 White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) no less then 5 birds flew low over the woodlands at dusk, a unexpected bonus! Note: This species is qualified as Endangered by BirdLife International Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c20 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c15 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c40 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c50 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c10

5 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c25 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa 09/04/ Se La Pass - 3 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 4 seen + 2 heard Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard Lama Camp) - 3 heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few heard Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) 2 briefly 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) 2 briefly Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 heard Lama Camp) it took a while but after all nice views on 1 male Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard distantly Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus 09/04/ Se La Pass - 1 male + female Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 seen + a few heard 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) 4

6 Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 male Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - 4 heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c6 heard Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c30 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c10 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - c20 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - fairly common 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - fairly common Black Stork Ciconia nigra 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c8 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - 4 Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International and split-of into Asian Woollynecked C. episcopus and African Woolly-necked C. microscelis by the HBW Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 5 Note: This species is qualified as Near-Threatened by BirdLife International Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c10 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c50 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - c10 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c10 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) /04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - c8 Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International

7 Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c150 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 2 Note: This species is qualified as Endangered by BirdLife International Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c15 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 4 Striated Heron Butorides striata Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c35 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - c15 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - a few Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - common 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - fairly common 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - common 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - fairly common 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - fairly common 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - common 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - common 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c20 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - fairly common Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP 2

8 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c10 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 1 Great Egret Ardea alba 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c8 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c10 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c40 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - c20 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c20 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - a few Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c35 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 3 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - a few 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c50 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - c15 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c15 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few

9 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - a few Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c50 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few Note: This species is qualified as Near-Threatened by BirdLife International Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 4 Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c15 Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 Note: This species is qualified as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 4 Note: Like previous species qualified as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c25 immatures were counted 09/04/ Se La Pass - 6 Note: This species is qualified as Near-Threatened by BirdLife International Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) 1

10 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Sessa /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 4 Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 3 Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 2 Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) 1 near the lodge Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 Shikra Accipiter badius 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 3 Besra Accipiter virgatus Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 1 male + 2 females

11 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 female type 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 adult female Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 1 males + 3 females Black Kite Milvus migrans 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) - fairly common 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - common 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) /04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - 5 Note: Including a few birds of the race lineatus at the dump, the so-called Black-eared Kite Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 birds at the eastern range and 7 birds at the Central range 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Note: This species is qualified as Endangered by BirdLife International Grey-headed Fish Eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 6 birds at the eastern range and 7 birds at the Central range Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Himalayan Buzzard Buteo burmanicus Lama Camp) /04/ Sangti valley - 2 Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 8 males displaying, one of the many highlights of the trip! 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 3 males + 1 female Note: This species is qualified as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c8 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) 1

12 Black-tailed Crake Porzana bicolor 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 pair showed well in a small marsh along a side track near Km5 sign Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c50 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c20 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c25 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c20 River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 3 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c15 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 09/04/ Sangti valley /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus 09/04/ Sangti valley - 1 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 pair Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c20 Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c40 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - c10

13 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - a few Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c20 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c50 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c60 Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria 09/04/ Se La Pass - 1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 09/04/ Sangti valley - 3 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few Common Redshank Tringa totanus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c50 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c70 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c60 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 1 River Tern Sterna aurantia 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 4 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International

14 Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota 09/04/ Se La Pass - c35 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Sangti valley - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 11/04/ Sessa - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 5 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c15 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - a few 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - fairly common 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - fairly common 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - common 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - fairly common 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - fairly common 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - a few Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) 1

15 Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 3 Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c35 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 6 Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 4+ Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c10 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few heard Lama Camp) - c7 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 seen + fairly common heard 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few heard 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 3 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c15 Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 2 heard

16 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few seen + heard 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few heard 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few heard 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few heard 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 seen + a few heard Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 3 males Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 seen + a few heard 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 seen + a few heard Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few heard 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 2 seen + fairly common heard Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few heard 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 seen + a few heard Lama Camp) - 3 seen + a few heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - 2 seen + a few heard 11/04/ Sessa - a few heard 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few heard 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few heard Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 seen + a few heard Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few seen + heard 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 seen + a few heard 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 seen + a few heard Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few heard 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few heard Lama Camp) - 1 seen + heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few heard

17 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 10/04/ Mandala Road - 2 heard Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 heard 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c5 heard heard Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 1 heard a few times but never came in Dusky Eagle-Owl Bubo coromandus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 2 pairs at dusk Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 pair at their daytime roost Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 2 Spotted Owlet Athene brama 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - 1 en route 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 4 heard Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 seen + 2 heard Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 3 heard 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 1 heard 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 4 Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 5 Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c20

18 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c10 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c20 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few 09/04/ Sangti valley - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c10 Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c20 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - c15 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c25 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - a few Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c10 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c15 Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c10 Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International House Swift Apus nipalensis 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - c10 Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 2 males + 2 females 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - 2 males Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c30 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - c10 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few

19 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Note: We saw the distinct race affinis which is sometimes considered as a separate species; Blackbilled Roller Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c5 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c10 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - a few Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Sangti valley /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - 2 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c7 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 3 Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c15

20 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c20 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 5 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c20 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c25 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c60 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 2 Lama Camp) /04/ Sangti valley /04/ Mandala Road /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c5 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 3 Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 5 Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - 2 seen above Sessa heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 male + 2 females Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International Wreathed Hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 male 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 2 males Great Barbet Psilopogon virens 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few heard 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 seen + a few heard Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few heard

21 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few seen + fairly common heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - fairly common heard Lama Camp) - a few heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 seen + a few heard Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c6 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 1 seen + a few heard 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 seen + fairly common heard Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few heard 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few seen + heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few heard Lama Camp) - a few heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few heard 11/04/ Sessa - a few seen + heard Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) fairly common heard 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - 2 seen + a few heard 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few heard seen + a few heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few heard Lama Camp) - a few heard 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 5 seen + fairly common heard 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 seen + a few heard Blue-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 seen + a few heard Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 seen + a few heard 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) 1

22 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 2 White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 6 seen + a few heard 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius Lama Camp) - 2 Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Mandala Road - 1 Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 3 Lama Camp) - 1 Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 pair Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) 1

23 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) 1 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - 1 pair Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 4 Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - 2 Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) /04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 2 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - 1 pair 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c15 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c30 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - c25 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - fairly common 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - fairly common 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c15 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) - c10 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - a few 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - c10 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - fairly common 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - fairly common 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few

24 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - fairly common Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c10 Blue-naped Pitta Hydrornis nipalensis 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - 2 heard Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 1 male came outside the vegetation and showed itself for more then 30 minutes in the open, the female was heard. Surely THE most exciting observation of the trip! Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 1 pair Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 4 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Sessa /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 Lama Camp) 1

25 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c20 Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 4 Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c15 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c20 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) /04/ Mandala Road - c10 Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c10 Lama Camp) - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c8 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few 11/04/ Sessa - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c10 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few

26 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 09/04/ Sangti valley /04/ Sangti valley 10/04/ Mandala Road /04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP /04/ Sessa /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Note: Both the grey-crowned form erythronotus and the black-headed form tricolor were encountered, the latter one in the Dirang area Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 Blyth's Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - 2 Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 Lama Camp) /04/ Mandala Road - 2 Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 2 Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c8 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few seen + heard 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c15 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c10 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) - 1 seen + a few heard

27 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 heard 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP /04/ Sessa - c5 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c10 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - fairly common 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - common 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - fairly common 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - common 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c10 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - fairly common 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - fairly common 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - fairly common 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - fairly common 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - fairly common Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - fairly common Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - fairly common 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - fairly common Lama Camp) - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 11/04/ Sessa - a few Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c10 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP /04/ Sessa /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c10 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c8 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few

28 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c12 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Mandala Road /04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP /04/ Sessa - 1 Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 white morph males Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few heard Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) 2 Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis 11/04/ Sessa - 1 Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 5 Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - 2 Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) 1 seen very well

29 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes 10/04/ Mandala Road - 4 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 09/04/ Se La Pass - c70 Note: Our birds belongs to the race macella HBW split-off this form together with 3 other subspecies as Southern Nutcracker N. hemispila and renamed the nominate form as Northern Nutcracker House Crow Corvus splendens 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) - fairly common 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - common 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - common 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - c50 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - fairly common Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Se La Pass /04/ Sangti valley - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few Eastern Jungle Crow Corvus levaillantii 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c10 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c10 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c10 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - a few Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c5 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c20 Lama Camp) - a few Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c5 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c5 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c8 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) /04/ Mandala Road - a few

30 Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps Lama Camp) 2 single observations Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 3 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 4 Lama Camp) - c5 10/04/ Mandala Road - c6 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 2 Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 3 Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few 09/04/ Se La Pass - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few Coal Tit Periparus ater 10/04/ Mandala Road - c15 Grey Crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous 09/04/ Se La Pass - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - c10 Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c10 09/04/ Se La Pass /04/ Mandala Road - c7 Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Mandala Road - 1 Bengal Bush Lark Mirafra assamica 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c5

31 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - 1 Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c30 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c15 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) - a few Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 4 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - fairly common 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - fairly common 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 11/04/ Sessa - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - fairly common 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - fairly common Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - common 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - common 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few 09/04/ Sangti valley - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - fairly common 11/04/ Sessa - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - fairly common 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - fairly common 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - fairly common 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - common 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - fairly common 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - a few

32 White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c5 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 4 Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c7 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - c8 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 11/04/ Sessa - c6 Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - common 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - fairly common 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - fairly common 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - fairly common 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - fairly common Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - c30 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c20 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c50 Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) - c15 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c20 Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) at least a few in a group of c50 house martins were this species Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few

33 Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler Pnoepyga albiventer 10/04/ Mandala Road - only 1 heard but to distantly Pygmy Wren-babbler Pnoepyga pusilla 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard Lama Camp) - 1 heard Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c15 Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c5 Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c15 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) - c20 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni Lama Camp) - 1 seen very well Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c5 seen + fairly common heard Lama Camp) a few heard Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea seen + heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 4 seen + a few heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few heard Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons Lama Camp) - 3 Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 seen + a few heard

34 Lama Camp) - 1 seen + a few heard Pale-footed Bush Warbler Urosphena pallidipes 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 seen quite well + 1 other heard Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c10 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c5 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 1 seen + fairly common heard Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 2 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) /04/ Se La Pass - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 2 Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Mandala Road - c10 Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c15 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c10 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few Lama Camp) - c15 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c50 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c15 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c10

35 Lama Camp) - a few 09/04/ Se La Pass /04/ Mandala Road - a few Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 2 seen + a few heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 seen + a few heard 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) - a few Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c30 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c25 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) - c20 Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator 11/04/ Sessa - 1 seen after many attempts + c7 heard too Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Mandala Road - a few White-spectacled Warbler Seicercus affinis Lama Camp) - c6 Green-crowned Warbler Seicercus burkii Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) 2

36 Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c10 Lama Camp) - c10 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few Grey-cheeked Warbler Seicercus poliogenys 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c10 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c10 Lama Camp) - c7 Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c5 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c5 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 2 Lama Camp) - c5 [Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens] 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 bird seen quite well must probably this species but we have to wait for the taken photographs to confern the determination. Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli 10/04/ Mandala Road - 2 seen + c10 heard in the lower part of the road (km 5 11) Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c15 Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striata 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 pair seen very well for several minutes Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International

37 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 seen + a few heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 heard 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c8 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 3 Note: The bird at Lama Camp belongs to the distinct race khasiana which is sometimes split-off as a separate species Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c10 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few seen + heard 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 3 Lama Camp) - 2 Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus seen + a few heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard Note: We saw the nominate form which is sometimes regarded as distinct form and then renamed as Black-capped Scimitar Babbler

38 Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard Lama Camp) - 2 Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few heard Note: This species is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Bar-winged Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 seen + 2 heard Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler Sphenocichla humei 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) very poor views on 2 birds, shy and no tape response Note: This Indian endemic is qualified as Near-threatened by BirdLife International Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 Buff-chested Babbler Stachyridopsis ambigua Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyridopsis ruficeps 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c7 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) - c8 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 heard Golden Babbler Stachyridopsis chrysaea 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c6 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Macronus gularis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 seen + a few heard

39 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 3 heard 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 3 seen + a few heard Yellow-throated Fulvetta Alcippe cinerea 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 3 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c8 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c15 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - fairly common Lama Camp) - fairly common Rufous-winged Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c10 Lama Camp) - c10 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c10 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler Napothera epilepidota heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard Long-billed Wren-Babbler Rimator malacoptilus 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 seen well + heard Indian Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 3 Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 4 Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 4 Slender-billed Babbler Turdoides longirostris 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 4 Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International

40 Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c12 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few heard 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c8 Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - 2 seen + a few heard Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 2 Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 5+ Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c25 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) /04/ Sessa - a few heard Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Mandala Road - 3 Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - 1 heard 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 heard 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 heard Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 4 Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine 09/04/ Se La Pass - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few

41 Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c10 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 1 Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c10 Blue-winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c15 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c10 Bar-throated Minla Minla strigula Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c15 Lama Camp) - c10 10/04/ Mandala Road - c8 Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 2 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c8 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c10 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c5 Lama Camp) - c6 10/04/ Mandala Road - c6 Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - unfortunately only heard once in a gully just below Lama Camp. We have made many attempts but without success. For some reason, all other groups also failed to see this species during our stay and the previous days Note: This recently discovered species is endemic to India and qualified as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International. Since two years now there are regular records over the Eaglenest Pass too! This is probably because of habitat destruction at the original spots of the species. Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c15 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c35

42 Lama Camp) - c15 Streak-throated Barwing Actinodura waldeni Lama Camp) - c5 Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c6 Lama Camp) - c5 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 1 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea Lama Camp) - 1 Beautiful Sibia Heterophasia pulchella 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c20 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c10 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few Lama Camp) - c15 10/04/ Mandala Road - c40 Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - c10 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 2 Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 male + female in the rhododendrons behind the village Brown-throated Fulvetta Fulvetta ludlowi Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 2 Lama Camp) - c8 10/04/ Mandala Road - c10

43 Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) 11 bird were counted Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 seen well after playback Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International White-breasted Parrotbill Psittiparus ruficeps 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 3 Grey-headed Parrotbill Psittiparus gularis 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - 5 Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 pair taped in and seen well Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International Striated Yuhina Yuhina castaniceps 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c10 White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c7 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c5 Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c30 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c50 Lama Camp) - fairly common 10/04/ Mandala Road - fairly common Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c10 Lama Camp) - c15 10/04/ Mandala Road - c15 Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c20 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) - c10 10/04/ Mandala Road - fairly common

44 Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few 11/04/ Sessa - c10 Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c10 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - c20 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c7 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 2 seen + 1 heard in the gully near Lama Camp Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 09/04/ Se La Pass - 1 seen + 2 heard Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris Lama Camp) /04/ Mandala Road - 1 White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 4 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) /04/ Mandala Road - a few Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) 1

45 Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c8 Great Myna Acridotheres grandis 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - c20 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - c20 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - common 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - fairly common Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) 1 seen, a scare species in this part of India! Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) - fairly common 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - common 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - common 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - common 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - common 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - fairly common 09/04/ Sangti valley - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 11/04/ Sessa - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - fairly common 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - fairly common 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - fairly common 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - fairly common 14/04/ En route Manas NP - Guwahati - fairly common Pied Myna Gracupica contra 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - a few 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c30 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few

46 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c20 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c20 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c10 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c20 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 tame bird at the campsite Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 seen, the same bird as previous day 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 3 Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 male near km 8 sign White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus 09/04/ Se La Pass /04/ Mandala Road - 3 Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c7 Lama Camp) - 3 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis 10/04/ Mandala Road - c10 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c15 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) 2

47 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c8 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2 Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica 11/04/ Sessa - 1 Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea 11/04/ Sessa - 1 White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) 3 seen quite well Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 2 heard Note: Usually a canopy dweller in the Himalaya, probably best split into three species (Hainan and Sundaland being the others) Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 seen + 2 heard Large Blue Flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 male Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara female Large Niltava Niltava grandis 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - 2 males seen + a few heard 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - a few heard Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 2 Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c12 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c5 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 Lama Camp) /04/ Mandala Road /04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 1

48 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 males 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c10 White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 3 White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 1 female Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus Lama Camp) - 1 Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus 09/04/ Se La Pass - a few Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Se La Pass /04/ Sangti valley /04/ Mandala Road - 1 Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale Lama Camp) - 1 seen + heard Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 2 males 10/04/ Mandala Road - c8 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Mandala Road /04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP /04/ Sessa - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - c10 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 2

49 Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni male 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 1 male Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris 10/04/ Mandala Road - 3 males Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 male 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 1 male Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 male Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Mandala Road /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - a few Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Se La Pass - fairly common 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - c5 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - a few 09/04/ Se La Pass - a few 09/04/ Sangti valley - c10 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - c6 11/04/ Sessa - a few White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Se La Pass - a few 09/04/ Sangti valley - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 3 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 09/04/ Sangti valley - 1 male Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - 2

50 Lama Camp) /04/ Mandala Road - c10 Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhyncha 09/04/ Sangti valley - 1 pair 10/04/ Mandala Road - 2 males 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 1 male Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Sangti valley /04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c20 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c10 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c7 Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few 09/04/ Se La Pass - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - c25 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii 09/04/ Sangti valley - 3 Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c8 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c5 Lama Camp) - c6 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 3 Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 male

51 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c10 Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 2 Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - a few Lama Camp) - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c15 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - fairly common Lama Camp) - common 10/04/ Mandala Road - fairly common 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c15 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c10 11/04/ Sessa - a few Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda 09/04/ Se La Pass - c20 10/04/ Mandala Road - 2 Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna 03/04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c6

52 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) - c8 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 2 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - fairly common 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - fairly common 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) - a few 01/04/ Guwahati (area around the airport) + en route to Kaziranga NP - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 03/04/ Kaziranga NP (Jhupuri Lodge area) + en route inside the park - a few 09/04/ Sangti valley - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - a few 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - fairly common 12/04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c5 seen of which 1 male in summer plumage Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ En route Nameri NP - Manas NP - c10 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - a few 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - c10 Finn's Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) a group of c30 birds 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 male in summer plumage + 1 female in a mixed flock of weavers Note: This species is qualified as Vulnerable by BirdLife International White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c15 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 09/04/ Se La Pass - 4

53 Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Sangti valley /04/ Mandala Road - 2 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 3 Note: Only the form beema (Sykes s Wagtail) was recognized but we did not give them much attention Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - c15 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c40 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Sangti valley /04/ Mandala Road /04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 1 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/04/ Guwahati dump (Deepor Beel) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ En route Kaziranga NP - Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary - a few 09/04/ Sangti valley - c20 birds of two races, see note 11/04/ Sessa /04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - 1 Note: Except a few birds of the race leucopsis ( Amur Wagtail ) in the Sangti valley, all other birds belongs to the form alboides ( Himalayan Wagtail ) Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus 01/04/ Delhi (area around the airport) /04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - a few 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - a few 12/04/ Manas NP (Koklabari Agriculture Farm) - c10 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) - 1 heard 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 1 Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - c6

54 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c5 07/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (New Khelong - Sessi - Bompu Camp) /04/ Sangti valley - a few 10/04/ Mandala Road - c25 11/04/ Nameri NP (Nameri Eco Camp surroundings) - 2 heard 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) - c10 14/04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - a few Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus 02/04/ Kaziranga NP (Eastern range am + Central range pm) /04/ Se La Pass - c35 13/04/ Manas NP (Kuribeel Grassland am + Mathanguri pm) /04/ Manas NP (Makhibaha Grassland) - 1 White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes 09/04/ Se La Pass - 1 female Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c7 Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c30 Lama Camp) /04/ Mandala Road - 6 Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c8 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 male Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis 09/04/ Se La Pass /04/ Mandala Road - 4 Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola 09/04/ Se La Pass - c60 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - 2 seen + a few heard 06/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) /04/ Mandala Road - a few heard 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - a few heard 11/04/ Sessa - a few heard Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi 04/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c25 11/04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 1

55 Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii 10/04/ Mandala Road - 1 male + 3 females Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura 09/04/ Se La Pass - c30 Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus 09/04/ Se La Pass - 1 male + 3 females Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus 10/04/ Mandala Road - 4 males + 4 females Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides 03/04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Lama Camp surroundings) - c40 Lama Camp) /04/ Mandala Road /04/ En route Dirang - Nameri NP - 5 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) - 2 females Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus Tragopan trail - Bompu Camp) /04/ Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bompu Camp - Khellong) - c10 Lama Camp) Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami 09/04/ Sangti valley - 2 seen + a few heard