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Nepal Raptor Migration Project- 2015

I am pleased to post about the final status of the raptor migration in 2015. Year 2015 was not good in terms of number of individuals as there were fewer records.  So far they have tracked down 33 species of raptors during the migration -2015 with total number of 6,892 individuals. Oriental Honey-buzzard 363 Common Buzzard 116 Long-legged Buzzard 6 Upland Buzzard 4 Unidentified Buteo 3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 95 Northern Goshawk 1 Shikra 5 Unidentified Sparrowhawk 3 Steppe Eagle 4302 Booted Eagle 76 Short-toed Eagle 1 Crested Serpent-eagle 19 Pallas's Fish Eagle 1 Imperial Eagle 0 Indian Spotted Eagle 0 Greater Spotted Eagle 3 Bonell