Oct 16, 2016- Grey-sided Thrush,
a globally endangered species of bird has been discovered for the first time in
Makwanpur district, making up the total bird species in Nepal to 879.
The Department of National Parks
and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) under the Ministry of Forests and Soil
Conservation last month verified the presence of the new bird species for the
first time in Nepal. This bird species, yet to be given a Nepali name, is
25-centimeter long and was photographed in central Nepal by Som GC, bird
conservation officer with Friends of Nature, during one of his bird-watching
trips in January last year.
GC has already discovered two
other bird species in Nepal—Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albirfrons) and
Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva).
“The good news from each
discovery is that it opens room for other ornithologists and enthusiasts to
explore the rich bird diversity that is still left unexplored,” said GC, a
professional birder for the last 12 years, adding, “We need adequate funding
for research works and monitoring on regular basis.”
Besides Nepal, the Grey-sided
Thrush with global population estimated to be between 2,500 and 9,999 has been
previously recorded in India, China, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. This globally
threatened bird species listed as vulnerable in the IUCN’s Red List of
“Threatened Species” is threatened from the loss of forests.
There have been discoveries of
new and extinct bird species in various parts of Nepal by group of birders and
professionals in recent time. In June this year, a group of ornithologists,
during their bird watching holiday, photographed red-faced liocichla (Liocichla
phoenicea)—a species of bird believed to be locally extinct for the first time
in 178 years in the forest of Darhakhani Chisapanitar in Upardang Gadi, Chitwan
district.
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