Site Report: Kaziranga NP, India
Naturs Trail with Full of Thrills and Wilderness
Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta)
Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) - Juvenile
Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis)
Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabaricus)
Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)
Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
Oriental Pied-Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) - In Action
Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)
Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus)
Yellow-footed Pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus) - Eating
Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)
Hog Deer (Axis porcinus)
Hog Deer (Axis porcinus)
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus ichthyaetus)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis)
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)
Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
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Naturs Trail with Full of Thrills and Wilderness
Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta)
Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) - Juvenile
Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis)
Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabaricus)
Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)
Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
Oriental Pied-Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) - In Action
Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)
Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus)
Yellow-footed Pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus) - Eating
Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)
Hog Deer (Axis porcinus)
Hog Deer (Axis porcinus)
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus ichthyaetus)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis)
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)
Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
National Park full of rhinos.
Visits
- 2013-02-14: We arrived in the airport at Jorhat to begin our journey to Kaziranga National Park. The idea was to see the rhinos that are still running around as well as the third species of gibbon, the howlook. The airport was a small mob of taxi drivers, and we decided to take one to a "tourist office" listed in the outdated guidebook that we had taped together. The tourist office was really a hotel, and they could not understand why we weren't checking into the hotel right away. I guess some people just drive to the park from there. After some more trouble making phone calls, we ended up on a packed bus heading toward the park. The park was a nice spot, and we met some friendly travelers from other parts of India at the hotel. I was happy to be eating India food for a change, and we also tried some regional specialties from Assam. We drove around a lot in the jeep, and we were lucky enough to see gibbons in two locations. Rhinos, monkeys and elephants were running around everywhere. We even heard a tiger roaring as well as some poachers murdering rhinos for their horns. The hiking possibilities were limited due to the general lawlessness in the hills.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (69 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(69 records)
Class: Birds
(60 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (5 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(3 records)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Family: Hornbills
- Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
- Oriental Pied-Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Coucals
- Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)
- Family: Rollers
- Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
- Order: Pelicans
(19 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Herons
- Eastern Cattle-Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii)
- Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
- Family: Jacanas
- Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
- Family: Pelicans
- Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Family: Storks
- Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)
- Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
- Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
- Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(17 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus)
- Family: Drongos
- Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus affinis)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Shrikes
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabarica)
- Indian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
- Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Blue-throated Barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
- Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)
Class: Mammals
(9 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(3 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
- Family: Cervidae
- Hog Deer (Axis porcinus)
- Family: Suidae
- Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Rhinocerotidae
- Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
- Order: Primates
(3 records)
- Family: Hylobatidae
- Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)
- Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
- Order: Proboscidea
(1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Indian Giant Squirrel (Ratufa indica)