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Feathers of Asia, KOLKATA (2025)

Name: Feathers of Asia
Address: Kolkata, 700156, IN
Telephone: +91 9830479671
Rating: 5

12/03/2024

Scarlet-rumped Trogon from Si Phang Nga , South Thailand, this morning.
(Low res image downloaded from camera to phone, so excuse the quality)

This comes on the last day of a short 11.5 day trip spanning across Thailand. It was a quick look at some of the most prominent birding hotspots of North, Central and South Thailand - spending a day or two at most at each location.

275 species in total. Here is rhe ebird trip report.
https://ebird.org/tripreport/211705

Highlights :
Spoon-billed Sandpiper (remarkably close views), Nordmanns Greenshank, Red Knot, Asian Dowitcher.
Hume's Pheasant, Grey Peacock Pheasant, Scaly-breasted and Bar-backed Partridges.
Blue-naped, Mangrove and Malayan Banded Pitta.
Scarlet-rumped and Orange-breasted Trogons.
Broadbills: Banded, Black-and-Yellow, Black-and-Red, Dusky and Green.
Banded, Ruddy, Brown-winged and Rufous-collared Kingfishers.
Hodgson's and Gould's Frogmouth.
Raffles, Chestnut-breasted and Red-billed Malkohas.
19 species of Bulbuls!
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker
Giant Nuthatch
And a bunch of Barbets, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters, Sunbirds etc.

Get in touch for our Thailand trips next year.

19/02/2024

Vietnamese Greenfinch from a flower garden in the middle of Dalat City, Vietnam. Vietnamese Greenfinch is endemic to a small area in South Central Vietnam.
One seat is still left in my Vietnam trip from 13 March - 20 March. Get in touch for more details.

17/02/2024

Here are two beautiful partridges from Vietnam.

Scaly-breasted Partrdige ssp cognacqi from Cat Tien.
Bar-backed Partridge ssp henrici from Di Linh

Both from hides. March 2023

One seat is still left in my Vietnam trip from 13 March - 20 March. Get in touch for more details.

11/02/2024

One seat is left in my Vietnam trip from 13 March - 20 March
Contact me for more details

11/02/2024

Here is a Collared Laughingthrush from Dalat Plateau, Vietnam
Collared Laughingthrushes are endemic to a small area in Dalat Plateau - one of the several Vietnamese endemics. They are categorized as endangered, due to their very small range (max 720 sq km only).
This was taken from a hide next to a fast flowing, shallow mountain stream, which is what creates the beautiful background.

One seat is still left in my Vietnam trip from 13 March - 20 March. Get in touch for more details.

05/02/2024

Germain's Peacock-pheasant, male
Cat Tien. Vietnam. March 2023

Of all the peacock pheasants, this and the Bornean are my favourites. This gorgeous looking bird will be one of the highlights in Vietnam this March. Some seats of that still left. Contact for more details.

31/01/2024

Bar-bellied Pitta - male
Cat Tien. March 2023

This stunning looking jade-green pitta will be one of the highlights in Vietnam this March. Some seats of that still left. Contact for more details.

30/01/2024

Some seats are left in my Vietnam trips this March.
Batch 1 : 13 March - 20 March, 2024 (1 seat left)
Batch 2: 20 March - 28 March, 2024
Contact me for more details

28/01/2024

There are three subspecies of Blue Pitta. Here are the males of all three photographed in Vietnam and Thailand

The nominate is present in India, Myanmar, SW Thailand, North Laos and North Vietnam.
Ssp. aurantiacus is present in SE Thailand and SW Cambodia. The orange on the head and nape is muted and has more yellow tinge in this.
Ssp. willoughbyi is present in Central Laos and Central Vietnam. This is the brightest and has bright orange on breast.

This last subspecies will be one of the highlights in Vietnam this March. Some seats of that still left. Contact for more details.

01/01/2024

Wishing you all a very happy and colorful beginning of the year with this Vietnamese Greenfinch from a flower garden in the middle of Dalat City, Vietnam.
Vietnamese Greenfinch is endemic to a small area in South Central Vietnam.
March 2023

02/03/2023

Two of three top targets from any Thailand trip - this one concluded day before yesterday. Hume's pheasant and Blue Pitta (the third mega being Spoon-billed Sandpiper, which gave prolonged views but wasn't carrying camera that day). But my personal highlight was seeing 104 Nordman's Greenshanks in a single flock at Pak Thale - somewhere between 10-15% of the world population.
Thailand in February - March is always fun.
Next trip in February 2024.Let me know if interested.

27/12/2022

Received this nice gift from Arpit Bansal - a desk calendar like he does every year, but this year it traced his journey to 1000 species in India. Glad that his 999th and 1000th species were made during our Western Arunachal trip in April - Grandala and Snow Partridge on a very cold and wet day at Sela Pass

10/11/2022

Van Hasselt's Sunbird (Purple-throated Sunbird)
A commoner is SE Asia, but has very limited range in India. Lowland forests of Karimganj in Assam are a good place to see this bird.

Dosdewa, Karimganj
March 2022

09/12/2021

Came back yesterday from a North Sikkim birding trip.
We birded on the Tibetan Plateau around Gurudongmar, and forest patches and river habitats around Yumthang, Lachen and Gangtok

Highlights :
-- White-rumped & Rufous-necked Snowfinches
--Six Laughingthrushes including Grey-sided and Scaly.
--Several interesting raptors including Saker Falcon (at Gurudongmar), Upland Buzzard and Shaheen Falcon in Gangtok (very unexpected in these parts)
--Grandala . A flock of about 500/600 have arrived in the outskirts of Lachen from higher altitude. Their numbers will soar over the winter.
--Ground Tit
--Ibisbill
--Little Owl
--White-throated Dipper (both morphs)
--Speckled Wood Pigeon
--Red Crossbill
--Great Rosefinch
--Guldenstadt's redstart
and other regular birds of the region.

Mammals include Tibetan Fox, Argali, Blue Sheep, Tibetan gazelle and a family of eight Himalayan Tahrs (at the eastern edge of its distribution). One highlight was two male Argalis locked in combat on the Tibetan plateau near Gurudongmar. They'll run back, size each other up, run forward at full speed, get up on hind legs and ram their horns with thunderous force. Went on and on doing this while we watched through scope.

Weather was clear but very cold. Road to Gurudongmar was closed right after our visit due to snow, but the next day was clear and it has opened up by now, and hopefully will remain open for some more time.

02/11/2021

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗺 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽
17th November to 23rd November, 2021

We visit Lachung, Yumthang, Lachen, Thangu and Gurudongmar.
For detailed itinerary, costs and other information, please contact at +91 9830479671, or send a message on Facebook, or drop a mail at [email protected]

We also do 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀, and so if you come in a group of three or more, we can do it on other dates convenient for you

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 : Rufous-necked Snowfinch, White-rumped Snowfinch, Tibetan Snowfinch, Blanford's Snowfinch, Brandt’s Mountain Finch, Horned Lark, Hume’s Short-toed Lark, Hume’s Groundpecker, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Robin Accentor, Little Owl, Tibetan Snowcock (possibility), Snow Pigeon, Speckled Wood Pigeon, Great Rosefinch, Scarlet Finch, Brown Parrotbill, Streaked Rosefinch, Grandala, Ibisbill, White-throated Dipper, Blood Pheasant, Yellow-billed Chough, Tibetan Blackbird, Common Raven, Rufous-fronted Tit, Golden Bush Robin, White-browed Bush Robin, Goldcrest

𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 : Tibetan Wild Ass (ssp. polyodon), Tibetan Sand Fox, Tibetan Gazelle, Black-lipped Pika, Himalayan Marmot, Argali, Tibetan Wolf (possibility)

North Sikkim is also 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of Eastern Himalayas with many roaring waterfalls and stunning views of the Tibetan Plateau.

9830479671
[email protected]

02/11/2021

Came back yesterday from a North Sikkim and north bengal birdwatching trip.

Primarily focus was on the birds of Tibetan Plateau around Gurudongmar, but we also birded in forest patches around Lachen and Gangtok and at Tiger Hill near Darjeeling

Highlights :
--Four species of Snowfinch : White-rumped, Rufous-necked, Blandford's and Black-winged.
--Eight Laughingthrushes including Blue-winged, Spotted, Grey-sided and Scaly.
--Several interesting raptors including Saker Falcon (at Gurudongmar), Upland Buzzard and Northern Goshawk
--A very unexpected Short-eared owl at Tiger Hill (~2500 masl)
--Hill Partridge at a feeder.
--Ground Tit
--Little Owl
--Speckled Wood Pigeon
--Red Crossbill
--Wallcreeper
--Collared Treepie
--White-winged Grosbeak
--Guldenstadt's redstart
--A huge nesting colony (1000+) of Nepal House Martins below Lachen

This was a week after the major rains in north bengal and sikkim which caused landslides all over and hindered road transportation. Fortunately most of it is back in order by now (during the intial part of the trip we did face some delays due to road blockages).

Another outcome of bad weather was that the area above 14K ft was completely snow covered. The road to Gurudongmar had barely opened a couple of days before we went. Snow covered Tibetan Plateau presented a spectacular landscape, and we had great fun photographing birds on snow.

Next trip is on 17th November 2021 (contact for more details if you are interested)

9830479671
[email protected]

18/10/2021

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗺 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽
17th November to 23rd November, 2021

We visit Lachung, Yumthang, Lachen, Thangu and Gurudongmar.
For detailed itinerary, costs and other information, please contact at +91 9830479671, or send a message on Facebook, or drop a mail at [email protected]

We also do 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀, and so if you come in a group of three or more, we can do it on other dates convenient for you

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 : Rufous-necked Snowfinch, White-rumped Snowfinch, Tibetan Snowfinch, Blanford's Snowfinch, Brandt’s Mountain Finch, Horned Lark, Hume’s Short-toed Lark, Hume’s Groundpecker, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Robin Accentor, Little Owl, Tibetan Snowcock (possibility), Snow Pigeon, Speckled Wood Pigeon, Great Rosefinch, Scarlet Finch, Brown Parrotbill, Streaked Rosefinch, Grandala, Ibisbill, White-throated Dipper, Blood Pheasant, Yellow-billed Chough, Tibetan Blackbird, Common Raven, Rufous-fronted Tit, Golden Bush Robin, White-browed Bush Robin, Goldcrest
𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 : Tibetan Wild Ass (ssp. polyodon), Tibetan Sand Fox, Tibetan Gazelle, Black-lipped Pika, Himalayan Marmot, Argali, Tibetan Wolf (possibility)
North Sikkim is also 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of Eastern Himalayas with many roaring waterfalls and stunning views of the Tibetan Plateau.

9830479671
[email protected]

17/10/2021

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗺 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽
17th November to 23rd November, 2021

We visit Lachung, Yumthang, Lachen, Thangu and Gurudongmar.
For detailed itinerary, costs and other information, please contact at +91 9830479671, or send a message on Facebook, or drop a mail at [email protected]

We also do 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀, and so if you come in a group of three or more, we can do it on other dates convenient for you

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 : Rufous-necked Snowfinch, White-rumped Snowfinch, Tibetan Snowfinch, Blanford's Snowfinch, Brandt’s Mountain Finch, Horned Lark, Hume’s Short-toed Lark, Hume’s Groundpecker, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Robin Accentor, Little Owl, Tibetan Snowcock (possibility), Snow Pigeon, Speckled Wood Pigeon, Great Rosefinch, Scarlet Finch, Brown Parrotbill, Streaked Rosefinch, Grandala, Ibisbill, White-throated Dipper, Blood Pheasant, Yellow-billed Chough, Tibetan Blackbird, Common Raven, Rufous-fronted Tit, Golden Bush Robin, White-browed Bush Robin, Goldcrest

𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 : Tibetan Wild Ass (ssp. polyodon), Tibetan Sand Fox, Tibetan Gazelle, Black-lipped Pika, Himalayan Marmot, Argali, Tibetan Wolf (possibility)

North Sikkim is also 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of Eastern Himalayas with many roaring waterfalls and stunning views of the Tibetan Plateau.

Feathers of Asia
9830479671
[email protected]

16/10/2021

Happy Bijayadashami / Dussehra / Dashain to all our friends. May the festive season fill your life with love and happiness.

Beautiful Nuthatch.
Eaglenest. Arunachal Pradesh.
April, 2021

26/09/2021

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗺 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽
17th November to 23rd November, 2021

We visit Lachung, Yumthang, Lachen, Thangu and Gurudongmar.
For detailed itinerary, costs and other information, please contact at +91 9830479671, or send a message on Facebook, or drop a mail at [email protected]

We also do 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀, and so if you come in a group of three or more, we can do it on other dates convenient for you

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 : Rufous-necked Snowfinch, White-rumped Snowfinch, Tibetan Snowfinch, Blanford's Snowfinch, Brandt’s Mountain Finch, Horned Lark, Hume’s Short-toed Lark, Hume’s Groundpecker, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Robin Accentor, Little Owl, Tibetan Snowcock (possibility), Snow Pigeon, Speckled Wood Pigeon, Great Rosefinch, Scarlet Finch, Brown Parrotbill, Streaked Rosefinch, Grandala, Ibisbill, White-throated Dipper, Blood Pheasant, Yellow-billed Chough, Tibetan Blackbird, Common Raven, Rufous-fronted Tit, Golden Bush Robin, White-browed Bush Robin, Goldcrest

𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 : Tibetan Wild Ass (ssp. polyodon), Tibetan Sand Fox, Tibetan Gazelle, Black-lipped Pika, Himalayan Marmot, Argali, Tibetan Wolf (possibility)

North Sikkim is also 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of Eastern Himalayas with many roaring waterfalls and stunning views of the Tibetan Plateau.

27/08/2021

Announcing two 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗺 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 this November and December, for birds and mammals of High Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau.

--2nd December to 8th December, 2021
--17th November to 23rd November, 2021
We visit Lachung, Yumthang, Lachen, Thangu and Gurudongmar.

For detailed itinerary, costs and other information, please contact at +91 9830479671, or send a message on Facebook, or drop a mail at [email protected]

We also do 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀, and so if you come in a group of three or more, we can do it on other dates convenient for you

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 : Rufous-necked Snowfinch, White-rumped Snowfinch, Tibetan Snowfinch, Blanford's Snowfinch, Brandt’s Mountain Finch, Horned Lark, Hume’s Short-toed Lark, Hume’s Groundpecker, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Robin Accentor, Little Owl, Tibetan Snowcock (possibility), Snow Pigeon, Speckled Wood Pigeon, Great Rosefinch, Scarlet Finch, Brown Parrotbill, Streaked Rosefinch, Grandala, Ibisbill, White-throated Dipper, Blood Pheasant, Yellow-billed Chough, Tibetan Blackbird, Common Raven, Rufous-fronted Tit, Golden Bush Robin, White-browed Bush Robin, Goldcrest

𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 : Tibetan Wild Ass (ssp. polyodon), Tibetan Sand Fox, Tibetan Gazelle, Black-lipped Pika, Himalayan Marmot, Argali, Tibetan Wolf (possibility)

North Sikkim is also 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of Eastern Himalayas with many roaring waterfalls and stunning views of the Tibetan Plateau.

25/05/2021

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