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Trip Report INDIA 2002 Simon Plat, Bernard Oosterbaan, Willem Oosterbaan |
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Location: mainport of Assam is Guwahati. This part describes
the birds seen while traveling through Assam, from Guwahati to Kaziranga National
Park, from Kaziranga NP to Nameri NP and from Nameri NP back to Guwahati. Birds
seen at our hotels Aranya Lodge (inlcuding a tea garden excursion) and in Bhalukpong
are also included here.
Costs: Tickets from Delhi to Guwahati were $ 175,- one way for foreigners.
Date(s): 1-12-2002 to 10-12-2002 (few 'quality' birding hours mostly in the morning at Aranya Lodge before we were allowed in the park)
Notes: No drought problem in Assam (pffff). During the travelling to and from Kaziranga NP and Nameri NP it pays to keep your eyes open en route. By far the most impressive site of our bird trip was a rubbish dump somewhere in the middle between the Guwahati International Airport and Guwahati town: over 35 Greater Adjutants were scavenging this dump. This dump is a 100 meters west of the road and it made itself known by the soaring Adjutants. A stop at the Brahmaputra crossing did not produce anything mentionable.
The gardens around Aranya Lodge are pretty good for birds so time spent here is not wasted. We actually found some birds here that we didn’t see anywhere else. We only birded from the balcony and in the gardens of the lodge during early morning before getting into the park.
Some of the trip reports we read speak of ‘The Tea Gardens’ but fail to explain which area they mean (it’s all tea around Assam). We were taken to some tea gardens up a hill, about 20 minutes east of Kohora, south of the main road. The area was not realy of any interest.
Highlights: Asian Openbill (XX lots of birds along the roads), Greater Adjutant (>35), White-rumped Vulture (1 flying over the rubbish dump mentioned above, the only of our trip), Pied Falconet (1 seen from the balcony of our hotel in Bhalukpong), Green Imperial Pigeon (2 at Aranya Lodge), Red-breasted Parakeet (once a group of dozens of birds in the garden of Aranya Lodge), Plaintive Cuckoo (1 hepatic form in tea gardens), Grey-backed Shrike (1), Asian Fairy-bluebird (V), Ashy Woodswallow (V en route to Kaziranga NP), Spot-winged Starling (1 among a large group of Chestnut-tailed Starling), Spangled Drongo (V).
Pics:
Bird List:
| Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo, Aalscholver) | XX |
| Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger, Indische Dwergaalscholver) | X |
| Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster melanogaster, Indische Slangehalsvogel) | XX |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea, Blauwe Reiger) | XX |
| Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii, Indische Ralreiger) | XX |
| Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromandus, Koereiger) | C |
| Great Egret (Egretta alba chloriceps, Grote Zilverreiger) | X |
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta modesta, Kleine Zilverreiger) | X |
| Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia intermadia, Middelste Zilverreiger) | X |
| Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans, Indische Gaper) | XX |
| Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius, Indische Marabou) | 40 |
| Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos, Bonte Kiekendief) | 1 |
| White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis, Bengaalse Gier) | 1 |
| Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus, Torenvalk) | 1 |
| Pied Falconet (Microhierax melanoleucus, Bonte Dwergvalk) | 1 |
| Common Coot (Fulica atra, Meerkoet) | X |
| Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus, Waterhoen) | V |
| Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio, Purperkoet) | V |
| Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus, Bronsvleugeljacana) | V |
| Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus, Witwangstern) | X |
| Green Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula aenea sylvatica, Groene Muskaatduif) | 2 |
| Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis, Parelhalstortel) | XX |
| Red Collared-Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica, Rode Tortel) | 2 |
| Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri, Alexanderparkiet) | 50 |
| Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus, Piet-van-Vliet) | 1 |
| Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis, Chinese Spoorkoekoek) | V |
| Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis, Grote Groensnavelmalkoha) | 1 |
| Asian Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis, Aziatische Palmgierzwaluw) | V |
| Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis, IJsvogel) | 1 |
| Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis affinis, Indische Scharrelaar) | X |
| Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala, Kopersmid) | 2 |
| Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica, Roodstuitzwaluw) | X |
| Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica, Boerenzwaluw) | X |
| Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola, Vale Oeverzwaluw) | X |
| Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei, Grote Rupsvogel) | 4 |
| Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer, Roodbuikbuulbuul) | XX |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus, Roodoorbuulbuul) | V |
| Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons, Goudvoorhoofdbladvogel) | V |
| Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella, Indische Blauwrug) | V |
| Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus, Bruine Klauwier) | 3 |
| Grey-backed Shrike (Lanius tephronotus, Himalaja-klauwier) | 1 |
| White-capped Water-Redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus, Rivierroodstaart) | 1 |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis, Dayallijster) | 2 |
| Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius, Blauwe Rotslijster) | 2 |
| Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius, Langstaartsnijdervogel) | 1 |
| Tickell's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus affinis, Himalaja-boszanger) | 2 |
| Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus, Indische Brilvogel) | V |
| Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata, Muskaatvink) | V |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus, Ringmus) | 1 |
| Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus, Jungle-maina) | V |
| Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis, Treurmaina) | XX |
| Spot-winged Starling (Saroglossa spiloptera, Marmerspreeuw) | 1 |
| Asian Pied Starling (Sturnus contra, Eksterspreeuw) | V |
| Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnus malabaricus, Grijskopspreeuw) | 20 |
| Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus, Haarkuifdrongo) | 1 |
| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus, Vlaggendrongo) | 1 |
| Ashy Woodswallow (Artamus fuscus, Grijze Spitsvogel) | X |
| Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus, Dikbekkraai) | X |
| House Crow (Corvus splendens, Huiskraai) | X |
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