Black-breasted Thrush spotted second time in Nepal

GANDAKI: The Black-breasted Thrush has been recorded for the second time in Nepal.

A team comprising Manashanta Ghimire, President of Pokhara Bird Society, and ornithologists Hathan Chaudhary and Gopi Shrestha sighted the bird in Dharan forest in the course of carrying out a monitoring.

Ghimire said that this is the second sighting of this species of bird for Nepal. Its first recording was made three years back in Danabari of Ilam district.

Ornithologists Sanjeev Acharya, Carol Inscip and Tikaram Giri recorded the Black-breasted Thrush on March 9, 2022 for the first time.

According to Acharya, this species of bird is found in north-east India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam in the east and from China to South Korea in the north. It migrates to the lower coastal areas during winter and in the hilly regions of China during the summer.

According to ornithologist Ghimire, Dharan forest, spread over an area of about 50,000 hectares and at an altitude from 100 to 1,300 meters above the sea level in Morang and Sunsari of Koshi Province, is an important area for birds.

This forest is considered as an important forest among the 42 areas of Nepal identified by Bird Life International.