Nanda Devi Institute's Bird Checklist Assi Ganga, Kuflon, Uttarkashi India: October 2018

Bird Watching in Assi Ganga Valley, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand 

Background:

A Nature Guide Training Program was conducted at the Nanda Devi Institute’s base camp at Kuflon, Uttarkashi during 27th October -1^st November 2018 to promote nature based tourism as a livelihood option for local unemployed youth of District Uttarkashi. The training of 21 youth from the villages of Barsu, Natin, Dwari, Pala, Saura, Gorshali and Sainj was sponsored by the Reliance Foundation, Uttarkashi. Nanda Devi Institute also contributed by sponsoring the training of nine youth from the villages of Seku, Agoda, Nald, and Uttron.

As a subsidiary of  the Mountain Shepherds Initiative, the main object of the Nanda Devi Institute of Adventure Sports  (NDI) is to design and conduct need based adventure training program for the conservation and livelihood promotion of the rural youth of Uttarakhand.  Certified by the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), NDI is offering certified courses in basic mountaineering, S&R and disaster response. NDI is also designing the first fully interpretive trail to Nanda Devi National Park.

Course Duration:  Five days.

Date: 27^th October-1^st November 2018.

Instructors:  Mr. Ajay Sharma ,  Mr. Vijay Butola and  Dr. Sunil Kainthola

Course Venue :  The course venue was Nanda Devi Institute’s base camp at Kuflon in Assi Ganga Valley of Uttarkashi.  Location reference on goggle map is https://goo.gl/maps/mCWxzUUuxgk

Protocol: Area and hiking count

Birding locations:  A five kilometer up and down stream hike and from the course venue and Kuflon specific observations.

Sessions:  Morning and afternoon sessions between 7.30 AM-9.30 AM and 3 PM-4.30 PM

Checklist type:  Composite

Bird checklist Kuflon, Assi Ganga Valley, Uttarkashi,  Uttarakhand 

#	Name of the Bird
1	Kalij Pheasant
2	Specklet Piculet
3	Brown Capped Woodpecker
4	Rufous bellied Woodpecker
5	Himalayan Woodpecker
6	Lesser Yellownape
7	Scaly bellid Woodpecker
8	Grey headed Woodpeaker
9	Great Barbet
10	Blue throated Barbet
11	Crested Kingfisher
12	Great Slaty Woodpecker
13	Asian Barred Owlet
14	Tawny Fish Owl
15	Rock Pigeon
16	Spotted Dove
17	Oriental Turtle Dove
18	Himalayan Griffon
19	Common Kestrel
20	Booted Eagle
21	Long Tailed Shrike
22	Grey Treepie
23	Red billed Blue Magpie
24	Black headed Jay
25	large billed Crow
26	White throated Fantail
27	Yellow belled Fantail
28	White browed Fantail
29	Bronzed Drongo
30	Brown Dipper
31	Blue Whistling Thrush
32	Chetnut bellid Rock Thrush
33	Lesser Shortwing
34	Eurasian Blackbird
35	Slaty Blue Flycatcher
36	Verditer Flycatcher
37	Grey headed Canry Flycatcher
38	Blue fronted Redstart
39	White capped Water Redstart
40	Plumbeous Water Redstart
41	Little Forktail
42	Spotted Forktail
43	Common Stonechat
44	Grey Bushchat
45	Common Myna
46	Chestnut bellid Nuthatch
47	White cheeked Nuthatch
48	Bar tailed Treecreeper
49	Wallcreeper
50	Cinereous Tit
51	Green backed Tit
52	Black throated Tit
53	Black lored Tit
54	Himalayan Bulbul
55	Black Bulbul
56	Red vented Bulbul
57	Oriental white Eye
58	Chestnut headed Tesia
59	Hume,s Warbler
60	Lemon rumped Warbler
61	Western Crowned Warbler
62	Golden spectaclet Warbler
63	Grey hooded Warbler
64	White throated Laughingthrush
65	Streaked Laughingthrush
66	Striated Laughingthrush
67	Chestnut crowned Laughingthrush
68	Rusty cheeked Scimiter Barbbler
69	Black chinned Babbler
70	Scaly breastd Wren Babbler
71	Nepal Wren Babbler
72	Rufous Sibia
73	Whiskered Yuhina
75	Chestnut tailed Minla
76	Red billed Leiothrix
78	Fire breasted Flowerpeaker
79	Russet Sparrow
80	House Sparrow
81	Tree Pipit
82	Scaly breasted Munia
83	White rumped Munia
84	Yellow breasted Greenfinch
85	Pink browed Rosefinch
86	Dark breasted Rosefinch
87	Rock Bunting
88	Red headed Bullfinch
89	Grey Wagtail
90	Himalayan Bluetail