Overview
Specialties to be seen at:
Kathmandu Valley:
Birds to be seen: Pied Harrier, Black Eagle, Kalij Pheasant, Grey-headed Plover, Woodcock, Ashy Wood Pigeon, large Hawk – Cuckoo, Large Green-billed Malkoha, Brown Wood Owl, Barn Owl, Golden – throated Barbet, Rufous – bellied Sapsucker, Crimson – breasted Pied Woodpecker, Rufous Woodpecker, Maroon Oriole, Long – Tailed Minivet, Rufous – beilled Bulbul, Grey Bulbul, Eurasian Jay, Yellow – browed Tit, White – tailed Nuthatch, Wall Creeper, Nepal Parrotbill, Rusty – cheeked Scimitar – Babbler, White – throated, White – throated, White – spotted, Striated & Red –headed Laughing Thrush, Stripe – throated & Yellow –naped Yuhina, Nepal Babbler, Black – chinned Babbler, Blue-winged Minla, Red-billed Leiothrix, Golden Bush Robin, Blue – fronted Redstart, White – tailed Robin, Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush, Brown Hill Prinia, Orange – barred Leaf Warbler, Blyth’s Leaf Awrbler, Black – faced Flycatcher Warbler, Grey –headed Flycatcher Warbler, Chestnut-headed Tesia, Orange – gorgetted Flycatcher, Verditer Flycather, Greybaced Shrike, Fire – tailed Sunbird, Nepal & Black-breasted Sunbird, Fire – breasted & Yellow – bellied Flowerpecker, Siskin, Scarlet Finch. Spot – winged Grosbeak etc.
Mammals:
Rhesus macaque (Macaca Mulatta)
Assam Macaque (Macca assamensis)
Barking Deer (Muntiacus muntjak)
Hoary – bellied Squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythris)
Wild Cat (Felis chaus) etc.
Chitwan:
Birds of special interest: Large Cormorant, Goosander, Ruddy Shelduck, Greycock, Panted Snipe, Osprey, Changeable Hawk-Eagle, Rufous – Bellied, Hawk –Eagle, Rufous – bellied Hawk Eagle, Mountain Hawk-Eagle, Red-thighted Falconet, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Grey-headed Fishing – Eagle, Black Baza (March to June, May being the best), Bengal Florican, Large Yellow-naped Woodpecker, Small Scaly- bellied Woodpecker, Himalayan Golden back 3 toed Woodpecker, Great Slaty Woodpecker, Great Pied Hornbill, Indian Pied Hornbill, Pintail Green Pigeon, Orange – breasted, Wedge-tailed and Grey Kingfishers, Red-winged Crested Cucko, Pied Crested Cuckoo (only in summer), Ashy (Brown-eared) Bulbul, White-throated Bulbul, Rosy Minivet, Long – tailed Broadbill, Indian Pitta, Hooded Pitta, Yellow – eyed Babbler, Slender – billed Babbler, Jerdon’s Babbler, Yellow-breasted Babbler, Large and Lesser Necklaced Laughing Thrush, Rufous – necked Laughing Thrush, White-bellied & Blackchinned Yuhina, Black – headed Cuckoo – Shrike (only in Summer), Yellow – bellied Warbler, Bristed Grass Warbler, Ashy, Grey – capped and Plain Prinia, Black napped Monarch, Paradise Flycatcher (Summer only) Sultan Tit, Tickell’s and Yellow-vented Flowerpecker etc.
Mammals to be seen:
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Unicornis)
Sloth Bear (Melcursion Ursinus)
Sambhar Deer (Cervas Unicolor)
Hog Deer (Axis Porcinus)
Gaur (Bos gauras)
Gangetic Dolphin (Platanista Gangetica)
Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris)
Common Leopard (Panthera pardus)
Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
Leopard Cat (Felis bengalensis)
Porcupine (Hystrix Indica)
Common Langur Monkey ( Presbytis entellus)
Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
And many other small mammals.
Reptiles to be seen:
Gharial (Gavialis Gangeticus)
Marsh Muggar ( Crocodylus palustris)
Indian Python (Python molurus)
King Cobra (Ophiophagus Hannah)
Common Cobra (Naja naja)
Rat Snake (Ptyaus Mucosus)
Striped Keelback (Amphiesma Stolata)
Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
Common Kriat (Bunarus cearuleus)
Green Pit Viper ( Trimeresurus)
Monitar Lizard ( Varanus Bengalensis)
Garden Lizard (Calotes Versicolor)
And others.