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Raptors of Nepal

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Common Kestrel (juvenile female) Peregrine Falcon  Black Kite Peregrine Falcon  with prey Eurasian Hobby Black Eagle Black Kite Bonelli's Eagle Booted Eagle (dark morph) Changeable Hawk-eagle Common Buzzard Oriental Honey-buzzard Eurasian Sparrowhawk Shikra Indian Spotted Eagle Mountain Hawk-eagle Short-toed  Eagle Steppe Eagle (Sub-adult) Steppe Eagle (Adult) Black Shouldered Kite Common Kestrel (perched) Common Kestrel (in flight) Crested Serpent Eagle Pied Harrier (male) Eurasian Sparrowhawk White-eyed Buzzard

Vultures of Nepal

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Out of 23 species found in the world, Nepal has 9 species of vulture including 5 globally threatened species Himalayan Vulture, May 2012 in Kapurkot, Salyan Egyptian Vulture (Immature), March 2012 in Pokhara Himalayan vulture Himalayan vulture Himalayan vulture White rumped vulture White rumped vulture Slender-billed vulture Indian vulture By Robert Red headed vulture Red headed vulture Cinereous vulture Cinereous vulture Egyptian vulture Bearded vulture Griffon vulture Pair of Slender-billed vulture with nest

Projects

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1. The East to West Migration of Steppe Eagles   Aquila nipalensis   and other Raptors in     Nepal : Abundance, Timing, and Age Class Determination. Steppe Eagle: This is the common migrant here For more information please follow the link  http://himalayannature.org/birds.htm 2.   Studies of Red-headed and Egyptian Vulture in Western Nepal.    Egyptian vulture roosting  over pine tree in Arghatos village, Arghakhanchi   Red-headed Vulture- it is a rare resident vulture found in mid-hill of Nepal More update will be posted later................. 3. Explore and document the hunting and trade on raptor and other birds I am pleased to share this information about my currently funded project to study  Hunting and Trade on Birds of Prey  in and around Pokhara valley, south of Annapurna Mountain Range, Nepal. Northern part of the valley (Khare) is bird migratory corridor, which is used by at least 26 species (shown in our study 2011) of migratory raptors of around