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Trip Report INDIA 2002 Simon Plat, Bernard Oosterbaan, Willem Oosterbaan |
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Location: about 2 hours drive south of Delhi. It is not really
on the way to Bharatpur and Agra but it is possible to combine a visit to Sultanpur
NP in the morning with the drive to Bharatpur (5 hours from Sultanpur NP) in
the afternoon.
Costs: entrance fee: Rs 45, parking fee: Rs 25
Date(s): 17-11-2002 (3 birding hours).
Notes: Sultanpur NP was our first stop in India, consequently
it took some time to get used to the common birds of India and it was hard to
separate goodies from the normal birds. For example: we never thought that the
Asian Koël (female), one of our first birds, would be our only Koël
of the entire trip. Sultanpur NP still had good amounts of water and if we'd
known by then that Keoladeo NP had already dried out we might have taken more
time to scan the area for water birds. Due to lack of time we didn’t visit
the drier part of the park.
Highlights: A group of about 100 Painted Storks
were still on their breeding sites, Sarus Crane (2), Asian Koël (1) , Bluethroat
(1), Large Grey Babbler (V), Ashy Prinia (V), Orphean Warbler
(1 juv), Red Avadavat (1), Eurasian Golden Oriole (1).
Pics:
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On our arrival at Sultanpur NP, only a few hours after our touchdown on Delhi International Airport, all looked pretty good with lots of water in the Jheel and numbers of Painted Stork. If we had the slightest idea of the drought in Keoladeo NP we certainly checked this park more thouroughly . We only spend a few hours here to arrive in Bharatpur before sundown. |
| A distant sight of breeding Painted Storks and fouraging herons. |  |
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A Nilgai resting in the heat of the day. |
Bird list:
| Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis, Dodaars) | 1 |
| Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger, Indische Dwergaalscholver) | X |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea, Blauwe Reiger) | V |
| Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea manillensis, Purperreiger) | 1 |
| Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii, Indische Ralreiger) | V |
| Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromandus, Koereiger) | XX |
| Great Egret (Egretta alba chloriceps, Grote Zilverreiger) | XX |
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta modesta, Kleine Zilverreiger) | 1 |
| Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia intermadia, Middelste Zilverreiger) | V |
| Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus, Bisschopsooievaar) | 1 |
| Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala, Indische Nimmerzat) | C |
| Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata, Slobeend) | V |
| Common Teal (Anas crecca, Wintertaling) | V |
| Gadwall (Anas strepera, Krakeend) | V |
| Greylag Goose (Anser anser rubrirostris, Grauwe Gans) | V |
| Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus, Grijze Wouw) | 1 |
| Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus, Torenvalk) | 1 |
| Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus, Blauwe Pauw) | V |
| Sarus Crane (Grus antigone antigone, Saruskraanvogel) | 2 |
| Common Coot (Fulica atra, Meerkoet) | V |
| Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus, Waterhoen) | V |
| Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus himatopus, Steltkluut) | V |
| Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus indicus, Indische Kievit) | X |
| Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus, Witgatje) | 1 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri, Halsbandparkiet) | X |
| Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis, Chinese Spoorkoekoek) | 2 |
| Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea, Indische Koël) | 1 |
| Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica, Roodstuitzwaluw) | XX |
| Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni, Siberische Boompieper) | 1 |
| Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus, Rijstveldpieper) | 1 |
| White Wagtail (Motacilla alba, Witte Kwikstaart) several ssp. | V |
| Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer, Roodbuikbuulbuul) | V |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis, Dayallijster) | V |
| Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica, Blauwborst) | 1 |
| Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros, Zwarte Roodstaart) | 1 |
| Large Grey Babbler (Turdoides malcolmi, Malcolms Babbelaar) | V |
| Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius, Langstaartsnijdervogel) | V |
| Hume's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei, Humes Bladkoning) | 1 |
| Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis, Grijze Prinia) | V |
| Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis, Orpheusgrasmus) | 1 |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva parva, Kleine Vliegenvanger) | V |
| Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica, Purperhoningzuiger) | 1 |
| Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus, Indische Brilvogel) | 3 |
| Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava, Tijgervink) | 1 |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus, Huismus) | V |
| Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus, Oevermaina) | V |
| Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis, Treurmaina) | V |
| Eurasian Golden-Oriole (Oriolus oriolus, Wielewaal) | 1 |
| Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus, Koningsdrongo) | 1 |
| Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda, Rosse Boomekster) | 1 |
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