IMPORTANT SPECIES OF AVIFAUNA

This is an important IBA on the south-east corner of Sikkim with Nepal as its western border and contiguity with KBR and Singalila, stretching from alpine meadows down to subtropical forests.  Birds from Biomes 5, 7, 8 and 9 have been recorded here including at least three globally threatened species, two restricted range species, five out of 48 Biome-5 species, 38 out of 112 Biome-7 species, 21 out of 96 Biome-8 species and three out of 19 Biome-9 species.  The List of the Birds species found in Hee Bermiok is given below with the Guide map and code of conduct for Bird watching.
Birds Observation & Checklist of Hee Bermiok
Bird Watching Map
Bird Checklist of Hee Bermiok
Code of Conduct for Bird Watching
Species Name Scientific Name Pallas’s Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis         Biome Restricted Species Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa     Snow Pigeon (Hiun Parewa) Columba leuconota Hodgson’s Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus Common Hill-Partridge (Peura) Arborophila torqueola Blood Pheasant (Chilimey) Ithaginis cruentus Satyr Tragopan (Mudal) Tragopan satyra Impeyan Monal (Danphey) Lophophorus impejanus Speckled Wood-Pigeon Columba hodgsonii Darjeeling Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis Nepal House-Martin Delichon nipalensis Greater Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola White-collared Blackbird (Kanthey Chaancher) Turdus albocinctus Streaked Laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus Black-faced Laughingthrush (Bhyakura) Garrulax affinis Greater Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga albiventer Green Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus Bar-throated Minla Minla strigula Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta White-browed Tit-Babbler Alcippe vinipectus Rufous Sibia (Charcharey) Heterophasia capistrata Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis Great Parrotbill Conostoma oemodium Fulvous-fronted Parrotbill Paradoxornis fulvifrons Grey-faced Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii Orange-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara Rufous-fronted Tit Aegithalos iouschistos Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps Rufous-bellied Crested Tit Parus rubidiventris Brown Crested Tit Parus dichrous Green-backed Tit (Chichinkotey) Parus monticolus White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis Rusty-flanked Tree-Creeper Certhia nipalensis Fire-tailed Sunbird (Balsey Chara) Aethopyga ignicauda Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala Gold-naped Black Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii Black-winged Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina melaschistos Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus Rufous-bellied Bulbul Hypsipetes mcclellandii Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus Blue-headed Rock-Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus Lesser Long-billed Thrush Zoothera marginata Grey-winged Blackbird (Chaancher) Turdus boulboul

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