Birds of the Kangchenjunga Landscape

This checklist contains a total of 618 bird species documented from the Kangchenjunga Landscape. This information has been collated from the country level feasibility assessment reports of Kangchenjunga Landscape prepared by the implementing partners in Bhutan, India and Nepal as well as from various literatures.

Date ( Publication ): 2019-02-04

Author

ICIMOD - Pratikshya Kandel ( Research Associate Biodiversity )

977-1-5275222

Resource provider

GB Pant National Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) - Kailash Gaira ( Programme Coordinator )

Gangtok , India

http://gbpihed.gov.in/

Resource provider

Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology (RECAST) - Yadav Uprety ( Programme Coordinator )

Kathmandu , Nepal

https://www.recast.edu.np/

Purpose: This database is created to provide open access data sets for both checklist and occurrence data to contribute interests of academic fraternity and informed decision making process.

Status: Completed

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Keywords ( Theme )

Birds
Biodiversity
Avifauna

Keywords ( Place )

Kangchenjunga Landscape
Eastern Nepal
Sikkim and West Bengal
India
Western Bhutan
HKH-BIF

Use limitation: ICIMOD (2018) Reptiles of the Kangchenjunga Landscape (Nepal and India).

Use limitation: GBPNIHESD. (2014). Feasibility Assessment Report KL-India. Unpublished report. GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Sikkim Unit, India.

Use limitation: RECAST (2014). Feasibility assessment report KL Nepal. Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University. Kathmandu: Nepal

Access constraints: Copyright

Use constraints: Copyright

Spatial representation type: Text, table

Metadata language: eng

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Biota

Description: The database covers the India and Nepal part of the Kangchenjunga Landscape. The KL india constitutes North Bengal and Sikkim and KL Nepal covers Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam and Jhapa districts of Nepal.