“nepal” - zoological society of london (zsl)

Hodgson Volume I

Page No. Current Name: Hodgson Name: Bird

Number

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Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

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catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson

Location, dates, comments from Hodgson

1. Asian Barred

Owlet

Glaucidium

cuculoides

Pencil drawing

Athene cuculoides 67 in

pencil

1st N 67,

684

2nd

Glaucidium

cuculoides

2. Comparison of

Vultur and

Aquila heads

and feet

No

numbers

3. Feet of White-

rumped Vulture

Gyps

bengalensis

Vultur bengalensis No

number

1st N 46,

47

2nd

Pseudogyps

bengalensis

Feet of Red-

headed Vulture

Sarcogyps

calvus

Hemipus (vulture)

pondicerianus

1st N 804

2nd

Otogyps calvus

4. Cinereous

Vulture

Aegypius

monachus

Vultur cinereus ? 802 1st N 802

2nd

Vultur monachus 5/3, 20/2 Valley; 3/2, 10/2 Residency;

Nepal proper only in cold months


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5. Pencil drawings

of Cinereous

Vulture

Aegypius

monachus,

Eagle Aquila

crassifer

Vultur cinereus,

Polypterix cupida

cinereus, Vultur

fulvus

802 1st N 802

2nd

Vultur monachus

6. Pencil drawings

of Polypterix

mihi type

Vultur

cinereus?

Polypterix mihi

type

Vultur cinereus?

802 1st N 802

2nd

Vultur monachus

7. Pencil drawings

of Polypterix

nmihi type

Vulture

cinereus? & V.

monachus

1st N 802

2nd

Vultur monachus

8. Red-headed

Vulture

Sarcogyps

calvus

Adult

Vultur?

ponticerianus

804 1st N 804

2nd

Otogyps calvus 4/2, 5/2 Valley; 12/11 Residency


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9. Red-headed

Vulture

Sarcogyps

calvus

Immature ♀

Vultur?

ponticerianus

804 1st N 804

2nd

Otogyps calvus 15/11 Valley

10. Slender- billed

Vulture Gyps

tenuirostris

Vultur teniceps 806 1st N 806

2nd

Gyps indicus 12/3 Residency.

11. Griffon Vulture

Gyps fulvus

Vultur fulvus?

fulvoides mihi

805 1st N 805;

2nd

Gyps fulvus

fulvescens

3 Valley; 5/3, 12/3, 16/3 Residency.

12. White-rumped

Vulture Gyps

bengalensis

V.bengalensis 47 1st N

46,47

2nd

Pseudogyps

benghalensis

20/2, 4/8, 20/2, 30/6, 30/5 valley; 24/2,

10/5.

13. White-rumped

Vulture Gyps

bengalensis

Vultur bengalensis

(in pencil)

47 1st N 46,

47

2nd

Pseudogyps

benghalensis


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14. White-rumped

Vulture Gyps

bengalensis

Vultur bengalensis

(in pencil)

and Vultur

leuconotus

46, 47 1st N 46,

47

2nd

Pseudogyps

benghalensis

15/3, 25/3, 25/1 Residency; 31/10

15. White-rumped

Vulture Gyps

bengalensis

immature ♀ +

mature bird

Vultur leuconotus 46 1st N 46,

47

2nd

Pseudogyps

benghalensis

26/2 Nepal proper; 6/3 Nepal

16. (1) White-

rumped Vulture

Gyps

bengalensis

Vultur leuconotus 46 1st N 46,

47

2nd

Pseudogyps

benghalensis

Y 20/2 Valley; 10/2 Gokarna nest;

(2) Head of

Red-headed

Vulture

Sarcogyps

calvus

Pondicer junior 1st N 46,

47

2nd

Otogyps calvus 1/12

17. Egyptian

Vulture

Neophron

percnopterus

Adult +

immature

Nepali 605 1st N 605

2nd

Neophron

ginginianus


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18. Egyptian

Vulture

Neophron

percnopterus

Adult


2nd

Y 20/1, 28/2 Tarai

19. Bearded

Vulture

Gypaetus

barbatus


2nd

1/11 Sheopuri top (7,500 feet)

20. Bearded

Vulture

Gypaetus

barbatus

Gypaetus barbatus 604 1st N 604

2nd

21. Bearded

Vulture

Gypaetus

barbatus

Gypaetus barbatus No

number

1st N604

2nd

22. Bearded

Vulture

Gypaetus

barbatus

Gypaetus barbatus 604 1st N 604

2nd


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23. Peregrine

Falcon

Falco

peregrinus

mature pair

Falco calidus?

Falco bharatensis

nob.

Falco peregrinus

45, 45 1st N 44,

45, 788,

821

24. Peregrine

Falcon

Falco

peregrinus

Falco peregrinus 788

25. Peregrine

Falcon

Falco

peregrinus

peregrinator

Falco micrurus

mihi

♀ ad.

821 1/12 Segouly

1839

26. Barbary Falcon

Falco

peregrinus

pelegrinoides

Falco peregrinoides

2nd

year

607 20/12, 20/11 Segouly; 30/12 Valley. 2nd

year bird

682 is the male older still and having neck

& breast therefore unmarked

27. Peregrine

Falcon

F.peregrinus

peregrinator

Falco sultaneus 681 15/1, 30/12 Valley;

30/11 Kachar 15/10 1840;

21/10; Dec 1836


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28. Peregrine

Falcon

F.peregrinus

peregrinator

Mature

Falco sultaneus 681 15/10

29. Barbary ?

Falcon

F. peregrinus

pelegrinoides

Falco peregrinoides

682

7/11 Valley(this is the bird illustrated);

24/3, 8/2 Segouly; 10/2 tarai. All birds

except that at 8/2 Segouly with neck,

throat & breast unmarked.

30. Peregrine

Falcon

Falco

peregrinus

1st Year

Falco bharatenis

nob. peregrinus

29 20/2, 1/11 Segouly; 1 /2 plains; 20/3

31. Peregrine

Falcon

Falco

peregrinus

Falco peregrinus

2nd

year bird

788

32. Poor drawings

of falcons

(possibly)


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33. Laggar Falco

jugger

Falco milivipes 26 1st N 26

2nd

1/11, 15/12, 28/11 Valley; 25/12 plains.

34. Laggar Falco

jugger

Laggar

Paintings on

either side of

p.34

Falco milvipes

Falco jugger or

Falco thermophilus

mihi

26

21

1st N 21,

781

2nd

Falco jugger Y Breeds in Saul forest

35. ? Probably

Laggar Falco

jugger

Falco jugger

1st year

No

number

1st N 21,

781

2nd

36. Possibly

Laggar Falco

jugger

Same as birds

on p.32

No

number

1st N 21,

781;

2nd

Falco jugger


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37. Laggar Falco

jugger

Falco thermophilus 787 1st N 21,

781;

2nd

Falco jugger 1/11 plains; 20/2 Segouly.

38. Laggar Falco

jugger

Falco thermophilus 787 1st N 21,

781;

2nd

Never yet procured in hills, found in

plains.

39. Eurasian

Hobby Falco

subbuteo

Falco subbuteo No

number

1st N 50

2nd

Falco subbuteo 2/11 Gokarna; 24/10 Residency.

11 Valley of Nepal

40. Eurasian

Hobby Falco

subbuteo

Nepali No

number

1st N 50

2nd

From Darjeeling

41. Oriental Hobby

Falco severus

Falco rufipedoides 43 1st N 718

2nd

Falco severus 25/2, 20/2 tarai; Rare in hills.


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42. Red-necked

Falcon Falco

chicquera

Falco chiquera 43 1st N 43

2nd

F. chicquera 10/9 Residency. 28/12

43. Red-necked

Falcon Falco

chicquera

Falco chiquera 43 1st N 43

2nd

20/12 plains; 12/10 Nepal proper; 20/3

tarai; 27/3 Segouly; 5/3.

44. Common

Kestrel Falco

tinnunculus

Falco tinnunculus 38 1st N 38,

39, 42, 40,

41

2nd

Cerchneis

tinnuncula

20/1 tarai

45. Common

Kestrel Falco

tinnunculus

Nepali 38 1st N 38,

39, 42, 40,

41

2nd

11/1 Jahar Powah; 1/5 Kachar

46. Common

Kestrel Falco

tinnunculus

Falco tinnunculus 38 1st N 38,

39, 42, 40,

41

2nd

Cerchneis

tinnuncula

26/1, 6/9, 4/2 Valley; 11/1 Central hills.


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47. Common

Kestrel Falco

tinnunculus

Nepali 39 1st N 38,

39, 42, 40,

41

2nd

Cerchneis

tinnuncula

Residency grounds; 16/10, 30/10 Valley;

20/1 tarai; 24/3 Segouly. 4/11, 2/11

Valley; 25/10, 20/2

48. Common

Kestrel Falco

tinnunculus

Falco interstinctus 40, 41, 42 1st N 38,

39, 42, 40,

41

2nd

Cerchneis

tinnuncula

1/9 central hills; 15/9, 15/1, 25/10.

49. 1-5 Common

Kestrel Falco

tinnunculus

also 2 Black-

winged Kites

Elanus

caeruleus

No names No

numbers

1st N 38,

39, 42, 40,

41

2nd

1st N 23

2nd

Paper attached probably refers to Kestrel –

uncertain.

50. (1) Lesser

Kestrel Falco

naumanni

(2) Amur

Falcon Falco

amurensis

Falco

tinnunculoides

Falco rufipes

49

48

1st N no

number

2nd

891

(1) 24/10 Valley

(2) 28/10 Valley


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51. Lesser Kestrel

Falco

naumanni

Nepali 891 1st N no

number

2nd

891

52. Amur falcon

Falco

amurensis

Lesser Kestrel

Falco

naumanni

Falco rufipes

Falco

tinnunculoides

48

49

53. Amur Falcon

Falco

amurensis

Falco rufipes 48 1st N 48

2nd

Cerchneis

amurensis

28/10 & 30/10 Valley; 1/11

54. Lesser Kestrel

Falco

naumanni

Pencil drawing

No name 51, 52 1st N 51,

52

2nd


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55. Collared

Falconet

Microhierax

caerulescens

Lerax eutolnius 51, 52 1st N 51,

52

2nd

Microhierax

caerulescens

15/3, 8/2 Lower hills; 6/2 Hit.

56. Northern

Goshawk

Accipiter

gentilis

Astur himalayanus 24 1st N 24,

25, 685

2nd

Astur palumbarius 30/12 Valley; 30/11

57. Northern

Goshawk

Accipiter

gentilis

Astur palumbarius?

hemalchalus

25 1st N 24,

25, 685

2nd


58. Northern

Goshawk

Accipiter

gentilis

Astur palumbarius?

hemalchalanus

24, 25 1st N 24,

25, 685

2nd


59. Northern

Goshawk

Accipiter

gentilis

Astur palumbarius?

hemalchalus

685 1st N 24,

25, 685

2nd

Hills, peculiar to neighbourhood of snows


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60.

Crested

Goshawk

Accipiter

trivirgatus

1st year

Astur indicus

28 1st N 27,

28, 766

2nd

Astur trivirgatus 12

61. Crested

Goshawk

Accipiter

trivirgatus

Astur indicus 766 Astur trivirgatus 26/6 Valley

62. Crested

Goshawk

Accipiter

trivirgatus

Astur indicus 27 Astur trivirgatus 20/2 Tarai

63. Crested

Goshawk

Accipiter

trivirgatus

Astur indicus 27 Astur trivirgatus 15/10 Valley; 1/9


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64. Besra Accipiter

virgatus

Accipiter

subtypicus

780 1st N 35,

36, 37,

780

2nd

Accipiter virgatus Y 15/10, 28/7 central hills + nest +

immature; 20/1 Segouly

65. Shikra

Accipiter

badius + nest +

eggs

722 1st N 32,

34, 660,

700, 722

2nd

N722

Y

66. Besra Accipiter

virgatus

(1) Accipter

scutarius

(2) Accipter

affinis

36

35

1st N 35,

36, 37,

780

2nd

Accipter virgatus (1) 28/3 central mountains; 15/10

central hills; 17/10 Valley;

immature from Segouly

(2) 14/1 plains ; 1 Lower hills + plains

67. Shikra

Accipiter

virgatus

Accipiter

fringillaroides

660 1st N 32,

34, 660,

700,700,

720

2nd

722

Astur badius 15/7 Residency; 20/8 central hills

68. (1) Shikra

Accipiter

virgatus

Accipter scutarius 34 1st N 35,

36, 36, 37,

780

2nd

Accipter virgatus 3


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(2)Shikra

Accipiter

virgatus

Accipter scutarius 32 1st N 35,

36, 36, 37,

780

2nd

Accipiter virgatus 4/6 Garden

(3) Eurasian

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Accipiter

subtypicus

33 26/11, 26/10 Valley; 20/2 tarai

69. Besra Accipiter

virgatus

37 1st N 35,

36, 37,

780

Accipter virgatus 22/6 Segouly; 29/3 Valley; 20/7

Residency; 1/12, 17/10

70. Eurasian

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Accipiter

fringillarius

31 1st N 30,

31. 33

Accipter nisus 26/1, 4/12 Valley of Nepal; 10/10 Valley;

10/2 tarai; 1/12 mountains

71.

Eurasian

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Accipiter

fringillarius

30 1st N 30,

31. 33

Accipter nisus 5/12 woods of valley; 18/12, 26/11, 10/8,

28/11 valley.


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72. Eurasian

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

(pencil

drawing)

Nepali 30 1st N 30,

31, 33

2nd

26/8 Lower hills; 6/1 Valley

73. Eurasian

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Accipiter

fringillarius

30 1st N 30,

31, 33

20/2 plains

74. Eurasian

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Accipiter

fringillarius

30 1st N 30,

31. 33

6/11 tarai

75. Golden Eagle

Aquila

chrysaetos

Aquila daphanea 683 1st N 683

2nd

Aquila chrysaetus 10/12 Sheopuri

76. Steppe Eagle

Aquila

nipalensis

(numbered and

named as

Imperial)

Aquila bifasciata 789 1st N 789

2nd

Aquila heliaca

Aquila magilnik

15/4 Darjeeling; 31/12 Saul forest; 30/3

Segouly.

Closed wing 22 ½ inches, tarsi 4 5/8

inches, tail 12 ½ inches


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77. Steppe Eagle

A.nipalensis /

Imperial Aquila

heliaca

Aquila crassipes 1 1st N 789

2nd

Aquila heliaca

Aquila magilnik

15/12 Residency

Tail 14 inches; Tarsi 4 1/8 inches; Closed

wing 23 inches

Tail 12 ¼ inches; Tarsi 4 1/16 inches;

Closed wing 21 ½ inches

78. Bonelli‟s Eagle

Hieraaetus

fasciatus

Aquila rubriventer 5 1st N 5,8

2nd

Nisaetus fasciatus 25/8 Valley; 20/10 and 25 /11 Sheopuri

top

79. Changeable

Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus

cirrhatus

Steppe Eagle

Aquila

nipalensis

No name

Aquila crassipes

7

1

1st N 789

2nd

Aquila heliaca

Aquila magilnik

15/2 Nepal proper; 15/2 Residency.

80. Imperial Eagle

Aquila heliaca

No name 934 1st N 789

2nd

Aquila magilnik

Aquila heliaca

15/1 Siliguri


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81. Steppe Eagle

Aquila

nipalensis

Aquila nipalensis 5 1st N 789

2nd

Aquila heliaca

Aquila magilnik

Valley.

See As. Trans. XVIII p.33

82. Indian Spotted

Eagle Aquila

hastata

Aquila vittata 725 1st N 725

2nd

934

Segouli, tarai 8/4

83. Changeable

Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus

cirrhatus

Linnaetus unicolor?

pennatus

757 1st N 7,

585, 727

2nd

(757)

Segouly

84. Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus

pennatus


2nd

Nisaetus pennatus 10/11 central hills

85. Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus

pennatus

Milva aquila mihi

Aquila milvoides

583 1st

N 583

2nd

Nisaetus pennatus 4/11 Valley.


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86. Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus

pennatus


2nd

971

Nisaetus pennatus

87. Black Eagle

Ictinaetus

malayensis

Heterepus pernigra 2 1st N 2

2nd

Neopus malayensis

88. Black Eagle

Ictinaetus

malayensis

Aguila pernigra 2 1st N 2

2nd

Neopus malayensis 3, 1827 Mountains of central region;

Jahar Powah central hills 1/7; 25/12,

caught 12;

89. Black Eagle

Ictinaetus

malayensis

Neopus

malaccensis

2 1st N 2

2nd

Neopus malayensis Darjeeling

90. Changeable

Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus

cirrhatus

Nepali 8 1st N 7,

585, 727

2nd

(757)

Spizaetus cirrhatus


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91. Changeable

Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus

cirrhatus

Nisaetus pallidus 8 1st N 7,

585, 727

2nd

(757)

28/10 Lower hills; 15/11 Valley; 20/10

Sheopuri.

92. Mountain

Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus

nipalensis

Nisaetus cirrhatus 9 1st N 9,

680, 786

2nd

905

Spizaetus

nipalensis

5 Residency gardens; 24/11 Garden; 20/1

Saul forest; 2/8, 22/1 Lower hills; 28/10.

93. Mountain

Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus

nipalensis

Nepali 905 1st N 7,

585, 727

2nd

(757)

Spizaetus cirrhatus


Hieraaetus

fasciatus

Nisaetus grandis 7 1st N 5, 8

2nd

Nisaetus fasciatus 28/8, 17/10 Central hills; 10/3 tarai; 30/10,

15/11, 25/12 Valley; 20/10, 25/11

Sheopuri; 21/6 Segouly, 23/11.

95. Bonellis Eagle

Hieraaetus

fasciatus

Nisaetus grandis 7 1st N 5, 8

2nd


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Hieraaetus

fasciatus

Nisaetus grandis 7 1st N 5,8

2nd

Nisaetus fasciatus


Hieraaetus

fasciatus


2nd

Nisaetus fasciatus 15/11 valley.


Hieraaetus

fasciatus

Pencil drawing

of foot


2nd

Nisaetus fasciatus

99. Mountain

Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus

nipalensis

Nisaetus pulchrior 680

786

1st N 9,

680, 786

2nd

905

Spizaetus

nipalensis

10/10, 10/11, 15/11 Sheopuri

100. Mountain

Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus

nipalensis

Nisaetus pulcher 680

1st N 9,

680, 786

2nd

905

Spizaetus

nipalensis


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101. Mountain

Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus

nipalensis

Nisaetus pulcher 680

1st N 9,

680, 786

2nd

905

Spizaetus

nipalensis

Y 18/10 tarai; 3/2 lower hills; central hills

taken with nest

102. Short-toed

Snake Eagle

Circaetus

gallicus

Circaetus gallicus 753 1st N 753

2nd

Circaetus gallicus 30/5 Segouly; 18/5 tarai; found in plains

all year

103. Crested Serpent

Eagle Spilornis

cheela

Circaetus taragensis 6 1st N 4, 6,

754, 777

2nd

(754)

Spilornis cheela 15/11 Gokarna; 31/1 Saul forest


Eagle Spilornis

cheela

Circaetus nipalensis 4 1st N 4, 6,

754, 777

2nd

(754)

Spilornis cheela 14/3


Eagle Spilornis

cheela

immature

Circaetus maculator 777 1st N 4, 6,

754, 777

2nd

(754)

Spilornis cheela 24/11, caught in 4


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Eagle Spilornis

cheela

Circaetus nipalensis 4 1st N 4, 6,

754, 777

2nd

(754)

Spilornis cheela 5/10 Jahar Powah; 28/10, 16/11 three eggs

large, 3, 15/2, 20/2 Valley; 21/1 Saul

forest; 28/3. 29/3 Lower hills; 11, 12, 8/4

central hills

107. Osprey

Pandion

haliaetus

Pandion indicus 715 1st N715

2nd

Pandion haliaetus Y 8/4 tarai; 4/2 Lower hills; 25/1 plains;

26/4, 29/10 Segouly.

108. Pallas‟s Fish

Eagle

Haliaeetus

leucoryphus

Haliatus albipes 3 1st N3,

755

2nd

908

Haliaetus

leucoryphus

Y 10/5, 4 Valley; very bold and breed

anywhere though near dwelling where

there is a lofty tree.

109. Lesser Fish

Eagle

Icthyophaga

humilis

NB name &

number

indicate Grey-

headed Fish

Eagle

icthyatus

Writing faded

10 1st N

756,10

2nd

Policaetus

icthyaetus

Y 18/5, 12/4, 18/1, 10/3 Lower hills; 30/4

tarai; 1/4, 4/8


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


110. Lesser Fish

Eagle

Icthyophaga

humilis

Falco ichthyatus

horsfeldii

No

number

1st N

756,10

2nd

Central region.

111. 1)Pallas‟s Fish

Eagle

Haliaeetus

leucoryphus

2) Grey-headed

Fish Eagle

Icthyophaga

ichthyaetus

3) Identity

uncertain

1 ) 755 Haliatus

lanceatus

2) Icthyatus

hucarius

3) Icthyatus

hucarius

755

2) 756

3) 756

1st N 3,

755

2nd

908

Haliaetus

leucoryphus

1) Segouly 20/6.

2) Segouly 18/6

3) Segouly

These were all kept in his garden

and died there eventually.


Eagle

Haliaeetus

leucoryphus

Pandion

fulsobrunnicus

908 1st N 3,

755

2nd

908

Sikkim terai


Eagle

Haliaeetus

leucoryphus

Haliatus lanceatus 755 1st N 3,

755

2nd

908

8/6 Segouly


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson



Eagle

Haliaeetus

leucoryphus

Haliatus lanceatus 755 1st N 3,

755

2nd

908

tarai alive on 10/2, killed on 20/2

115. Long-legged

Buzzard Buteo

rufinus

Buteo canescens 11, 12 1st N 11,

12

2nd

Confirmed in BM 20/2, 15/3, 8/1, 11 Valley; 20/3 central

hills; central region in open valley during

autumn and spring migration

116. Eurasian Marsh

Harrier Circus

aeruginosus

22 1st N22.

2nd

Circus aeruginosus 10, 11 Valley; 26/9, 20/4; Bettiah

117. Long- legged

Buzzard Buteo

rufinus


12

2nd

Confirmed in BM

for Hodgson,

Nepal

Nepali

118. Long-legged

Buzzard Buteo

rufinus


12

2nd

10, 11 Woods of Valley; in open country

in spring & autumn


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


119. Long-legged

Buzzard Buteo

rufinus

Buteo canescens 12 1st N 11,

12

2nd

14/11, 20/12, 12/1 Valley; 16/1 Lower

hills; 25/11 Nala Wood

120. Buteo erthyrura 779

121. Upland

Buzzard Buteo

hemilasius

Butaquila

leucocephalus

859 1st Thibet

& Cachar

496, 859

2nd

Confirmed for

Hodgson. Nepal

9/1, 1/1 Kachar

122. Common

Buzzard Buteo

buteo

Circus plumipes 497 1st N 497 Confirmed in BM

for Hodgon. Nepal.

Buteo buteo

vulpidus

18/3 Central hills

123. White-eyed

Buzzard

Butastur teesa

Bupernis

ocelliventer

Buteonina butastur

708 Y 6/1 Lower hills; 24/3, 24/1 Segouly


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


124. White-eyed

Buzzard

Butastur teesa

Butastur

ocelliventer

708

125. White-eyed

Buzzard

Butastur teesa

Butastur

ocelliventer

708 Y 1/7 Just fledged

126. Upland

Buzzard Buteo

hemilasius

Nepali 935 1st Thibet

& Cachar

496, 859

2nd

Tibet

127. Upland

Buzzard Buteo

hemilasius

Aquila strophiata 496 1st Thibet

& Cachar

496, 859

2nd

Archibuteo

strophiatus

30/11 Arjun; 4/10 Valley.

128. Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus

No name No

number

1st N 17,

18

2nd

954

Circus cyaneus


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


129. Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Nepali 18 1st N 17,

18

2nd

954

Circus cyaneus Y 10/2; breeds in tarai

130.

Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Circus 17 1st N 17,

18

2nd

954

Circus cyaneus 25/2, 11, 8/3, 10/4, 22/10, 10/11, 4/11,

29/10 Valley

131. Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Pencil drawing

17 1st N17,

18

2nd

954

Circus cyaneus Siliguri

132. Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Nepali 954 1st N 17,

18

2nd

954

133. Montagu‟s

Harrier Circus

pygargus or

Pallid Harrier

Circus

macrourus

Circus cineraceus

or

Circus pallidus

19 number

fits

Montagu‟s

Circus pygargus


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


134. Ring tail

Harrier

species?

Circus 20 26/1 Valley

135. Montagu‟s

Harrier or

immature Pied?

Circus nipalensis 736 1st N 19,

20, 36

2nd

136. Pied Harrier

Circus

melanoleucos

Circus

melanoleucos

In pencil

706 1st N 706

2nd

Circus

melanoleucos

Y 30/12, 20/1 tarai

137. Pied Harrier

Circus

melanoleucos

Pencil drawing

No name 706

In pencil

1st N 706

2nd

138. Eurasian Marsh

Harrier Circus

aeruginosus

No name No

number

1st N 22

2nd

Circus aeruginosus


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


139. Pallid Harrier

Circus

macrourus

No name No

number

140. Eurasian Marsh

Harrier Circus

aeruginosus

No name No

number

1st N 22

2nd

Circus aeruginosus

141. Eurasian Marsh

Harrier Circus

aeruginosus

No name 22 1st N 22

2nd

Circus aeruginosus 26/9, 3/10 Valley.

142. Eursian Marsh

Harrier Circus

aeruginosus

Falco arugin

Linnei

1st N 22

2nd

Circus aeruginosus 18/3 tarai; 20/3 Segouly.

143. Eurasian Marsh

Harrier Circus

aeruginosus

No name 22 1st N 22

2nd

Circus aeruginosus


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


144. Eurasian Marsh

Harrier Circus

aeruginosus

No name 22 1st N 22

2nd

Circus aeruginosus 10/10 Valley; 10/4 Lower hills

145. Marsh Harrier

Circus

aeruginosus

No name 22 1st N 22

2nd

Circus aeruginosus

146. Brahminy Kite

Haliastur indus

Dentiger

pondicerianus

15 1st N 15,

16

2nd

Haliastur indus 20/6, rains Valley; 14/4, 22/4 Lower hills

147. Brahminy Kite

Haliastur indus

Milvinae chila

Milvus

rotundicauda

16 1st N 15,

16

2nd

Central region Jahar Powah 28/6.

148. Black Kite

Milvus migrans

govinda

Milvus indicus 13 1st N 13,

14

2nd

906

Milvus govinda Y 20/4, 10/11 Lower hills; 6/11, 8/9 Valley;

20/7 central hills.


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


149. Black Kite

Milvus migrans

govinda


14

2nd

906

Milvus govinda

150. Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Milvus

subhimalayanus

14 1st N 13,

14

2nd

906

Milvus govinda 16/11 Valley

151. Oriental

Honey-buzzard

Pernis

ptilorhynchus

No name 723

727

1st N 723,

727

2nd

Pernis

ptilorhynchus

16/4 eggs ready for pretension, 21/4

Lower hills

152. Oriental

Honey-buzzard

Pernis

ptilorhynchus

Pernis bharatensis 723 1st N 723,

727

2nd

30/3 tarai; 18/5 Valley testes big; 24/3,

14/7 Segouly plains Sept to June, never

killed in hills but in tarai & lower hills

153. Oriental

Honey-buzzard

Pernis

ptilorhynchus

Pernis bharatensis 723 1st N723,

727

2nd


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


154. Black Baza

Aviceda

leuphotes

Hyptiopus lephotis

657 1st N657

2nd

Baza lophotes Lower hills 10/8, 14/6, 22/6

155. Black Baza

Aviceda

leuphotes

Hyptiopus (Baza)

lophotis

657 1st N657

2nd

Baza lophotes Lower hills 10/8, 8/7.

156. Black-winged

Kite Elanus

caeruleus

Elanus melanopt. 23 1st N 23

2nd

30/1 tarai; 31/4 Valley.

157. Black-winged

Kite Elanus

caeruleus

Elanus melanopt. 23 1st N 23

2nd

14/7, 15/5, 27/6, 3/7 Valley; 20/1 tarai

158. Barn Owl Tyto

alba

Nepali 62 1st N 62

2nd

20/1 central hills; 15/1 Residency; 12/12,

12/7 Valley


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


159. Barn Owl Tyto

alba

No name No

number

1st N 62

2nd

Y 6 Woods of Valley; 2

160. Oriental Bay

Owl Phodilus

badius

Strix badia 841 1st N 84

2nd

From a skin shop near Kathmandu

161. Brown Wood

Owl Strix

leptogrammica

No name No

number

1st Central

regions of

Nepal „59

2nd

Syrnium

newarense S.

indranea listed as

separate species

Woods of Valley April 1827.

162. Brown Wood

Owl Strix

leptogrammica

immature

59 1st Central

regions of

Nepal

2nd

163. Brown Wood

Owl Strix

leptogrammica

immature

Meseidus

newarensis

59 Y 7/11, 6/4 Woods of Valley; 12/1 central

hills; 12


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


164. Tawny Owl

Strix aluco

Mesomorpha

nivicola

827 1st Kachar

of Nepal

no

number

2nd

Nepal

Syrniium nivicolum 15/8 Gosainthan; Kachar

165. Long-eared

Owl Asio otus

Auritus 60 1st N 60

2nd

20/11 Valley

166. Short-eared

Owl Asio

flammeus

Strix bachyotos

lathami?

61 1st N 61

2nd

Strix flammea

indica

Asio accipitrinus

accipitrinus

Y 4/11 Arjun top; 6/11 Valley; common

field owl of the Valley; breeds in plains;

21/11

167. Eurasian Eagle

Owl Bubo bubo

Mesomorpha

bengalensis

57 1st N 57

2nd

Bubo bengalensis 20/3 Residency testes big

168. Eurasian Eagle

Owl Bubo bubo

Mesomorpha

bengalensis or

Bubo cavearius

57 1st N 57

2nd

Bubo bengalensis Y 6/1, 14/6, 16/9 Valley; 10/4 purchased 2

immature just fledged; 17/10 Nil Baraki

Wood; Sheopuri with 3 immature just

born; 22/1 Susineli


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


169. Eurasian Eagle

Owl Bubo bubo

Bubo ascalaphus 57 1st N 57

2nd

Bubo bengalensis

170. Eurasian Eagle

Owl Bubo bubo

Mesomorpha

bengalensis

57 1st N 57

2nd

Bubo bengalensis 3 Kiritpur; 30/4 alley a immature one

two-thirds grown; Garden; 22/1 Susineli

171. Eurasian Eagle

Owl Bubo bubo

Mesomorpha

bengalensis

57 1st N 57

2nd

Bubo bengalensis Y Common in hills; 15/7, 15/1 Valley.

172. Dusky Eagle

Owl Bubo

coromandus

Strix coromanda 742 1st 742

Lower

hills &

tarai

Nepal

2nd

Bubo coromandus 26/4, 14/6 Segouly; of plains

173. Spot-bellied

Eagle Owl

Bubo nipalensis

immature

Nepali 54 1st N 54

2nd

Bubo nipalensis Y Immature caught alive Cachar, taken from

nest 28/5


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


174. Spot-bellied

Eagle Owl

Bubo nipalensis

Huhua votoglaux

nipalensis

54 1st N 54

2nd

Bubo nipalensis Gokarna 20/12

175. Spot-bellied

Eagle Owl

Bubo nipalensis

Bubo nipalensis

54 1st N 54

2nd

Bubo nipalensis Y Found in central & northern hills in deep

forests; 5/11 Kachar; 8/9, 20/4, 24/6

Lower hills; 20/12 central hills.

176. Brown Fish

Owl Ketupa

zeylonensis

Nepali 55 1st N 55

2nd

Ketupa ceylonensis 25/1 Saul forest; 8/9 Lower hills; 26/4

Segouly; 27/1

177. Tawny Fish

Owl Ketupa

flavipes

Nepali 56 1st N 56

2nd

Retupa flavipes 1/7, 15/7, 2/8, 21/4, 10/2, 1/6 Lower hills;

6/10

178. Oriental Scops

Owl Otus sunia

Scops sunia 64, 65 1st N 64,

65

2nd

Scops sunia Y 20/3 Panouti wood, central hills


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


179. Mountain

Scops Owl

Otus

spilocephalus

Scops pennata 721 1st N 64,

65

2nd

Y 12/5 + immature + eggs Arjun; 26/9 +

immature Residency garden; 3/5 Lower

hills; 15/12 Valley.

180. Collared Scops

Owl Otus

bakkamoena

Scops lettia 66 1st central

&

northern

hills of

Nepal

2nd

Scops lettia 26/11 woods of Valley; 30/12 Lower hills;

15/1 Arjun, 2/3 Valley.

181. Collared Scops

Owl Otus

bakkamoena

Nepali 66 8/1 Valley

182. Little Owl

Athene noctua

Nepali

Athene logopus

(pencil)

876 1st Thibet,

the

Cachar

876

2nd

Carirae noctua

plumipes Thibet

(Nepal not

mentioned)

Cachar Sept, close to snows

183. Jungle Owlet

Glaucidium

radiatum

Noctua perlineata 707 1st 707

Lower

hills &

Tarai of

Nepal

2nd

Glaucidium

radiatum

20/2 tarai.


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


184. (1) Asian

Barred Owlet

Glaucidium

cuculoides

Noctua cuculoides 67 1st N 67,

684

2nd

Glaucidium

cuculoides

Y 4/2, 10/2, 10/12, 2/10, 20/7 Valley; 4/4

central hills; 10/8, 11/1 Lower hills

(2) Collared

Scops Owl

Otus

bakkamoena

Scops lettia 66 1st central

&

northern

hills of

Nepal 66

2nd

Scops lettia Arjun (1) & (2); 20/1, 12/4, Lower hills;

6/1 Sambhinath woods.

Both even in plains where breed in holes

of trees.

185. Asian Barred

Owlet

Glaucidium

cuculoides

Noctua cuculoides No

number

1st N 67,

684

2nd

Glaucidium

cuculoides

Thickets & woods of Nepal; 20/5 Kachar;

10/10 Valley.

186. Asian Barred

Owlet

Glaucidium

cuculoides

Nepali Noctua badi

(in pecil)

770 1st N 67,

684

2nd

Glaucidium

cuculoides

26/7 Lower hills.

187. (1) Spotted

Owlet Athene

brama

Noctua taraigensis 63 1st N 63

2nd

Carirae brama 12/1 Tarai; 14/7, 24/7 Segouly; 10/1

Lower hills.


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


(2) Collared

Owlet

Glaucidium

brodiei

Noctua tubiger (in

pencil)

486 1st N486,

770

2nd

486

Glaucidium

brodiei

16/2 Nepal proper; 22/3 Kachar

(3) Collared

Owlet

Glaucidium

brodiei

Noctua tubiger (in

pencil)

486 1st N 486,

770

2nd

486

16/2 Nepal proper; 22/3 Kachar

188. Collared Owlet

Glaucidium

brodiei


770

2nd

486

10/6

189. Brown Hawk

Owl Ninox

scutulata

Ninex nipalensis 670 1st N 670

2nd

Ninex scutulata

Ninex lugubris

23/9 Garden; 12/5 Lower hills; 16/7

Segouly.


Number

Listed in

Grays

catalogue

“Nepal”

Listed in BM

catalogue

Breeding

described

by

Hodgson


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