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Nepal
is indeed a paradise for birds with over 800 species
recorded representing 10% of the world’s population
in just a tiny fraction of the earth’s land mass.
Just to list a few: eight species of stork, six species
of pheasant, 17 species of cuckoo, 3 species of crow,
cormorant, egret, black ibis, eagle, falcon, duck, chukar,
partridge, sarus crane, lapwing pigeon, bengal green
pigeon, dove, parakeet, koel cuckoo, owl, vulture,peafowl,
red jungle fowl, swallow, black drong, blue jay, wood
pecker, black-headed shrike,common myna, red-vented
bulbul, paradise flycatcher, brahminy duck, house sparrow,
red mania, and |
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