Rare Bird Sightings

Rare ornithology observations and reports from Sikkim

Northern Long-eared Owl Asio otus in East Sikkim Open Link
A Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus from the Sikkim Himalaya Open Link
New altitudinal record for the Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii from the Sikkim Himalaya, India Open Link
Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus in Chatakpur, Darjeeling District, India, with a review of its status in northern Bengal, and Sikkim Open Link
Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris in the Sikkim Himalayas Open Link
First record of Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis linnaeus, 1766) (Columbiformes) in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya Open Link
Ward’s Trogon Harpactes wardi in Taal-Kharka, East Sikkim, India Open Link
First image of Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria from the Sikkim Himalaya,India, with notes on the status of the species in Sikkim Asian Enigma Open Link