Monthly Occurrence of Bird Species in Katari Municipality, Udayapur, Koshi Province, Nepal

Occurrence Observation
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21 May 2025
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Description

This data is compiled based on the observations of birds sighted during birdwatching between February, 2023 to March 2024.

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Ghimire S (2025). Monthly Occurrence of Bird Species in Katari Municipality, Udayapur, Koshi Province, Nepal. Version 1.1. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://training-ipt-a.gbif.org/resource?r=birdsofkatariudayapurkoshinepal&v=1.1

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Keywords

Avifaunal diversity; birds checklist; inner terai of Nepal; Birdwatching; Avifaunal diversity; birds checklist; inner terai of Nepal; Birdwatching

Contacts

Suman Ghimire
  • Metadata Provider
College of Natural Resources Management, Katari
56310 Katari
Koshi
NP
Suman Ghimire
  • Metadata Provider
  • Assistant Professor
College of Natural Resources Management, Katari
56310 Katari
Koshi
NP

Geographic Coverage

Katari is surrounded by chure hills and is located in Udayapur district of Koshi Province, Nepal. The major forest type that occurred in this area is of sal forest (shorea robusta). Kakur and Tawashree are the major river systems for this locality.

Bounding Coordinates South West [26.956, 86.383], North East [26.956, 86.383]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2023-02-21 / 2024-03-08

Project Data

No Description available

Title ICIMOD
Identifier CESP2024-006
Study Area Description Katari is a Municipality in Udayapur District in the Koshi province of south-eastern Nepal. It lies by the Tawa river which if formed by unification of original Tawa river and Baidhyanath river. It is a dun valley whose forest area coverage is almost 65% and falls under subtropical climatic region.
Design Description Roads and foot trails passing through mosaic habitats formed by grasslands, forests, farmlands, wetlands and human settlements were used for observing birds first sighted with naked eyes and then confirmation was done with detail observation of the individuals through aided optical instruments like binoculars, spot telescope and cameras.

The personnel involved in the project:

Suman Ghimire
  • Author

Sampling Methods

Opportunistic sampling technique was deployed.

Study Extent The data are confined to the ward no. 3, 4 and 5 of Katari Municipality.
Quality Control Consultation with ornithologists of Nepal for confirmed identification of species.

Method step description:

  1. First, foot trails and roads passing through the mosaic habitats were established. Bird watching was conducted following the predetermined transects ( foot trails and roads) Individuals sighted with naked eyes were noticed. Confirmed identification was made through detailed observation with binocular (8*40, Eagle Optics) and in all possible cases photographic evidences were collected which were later shared with experts for species confirmation.

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements I would like to extend my sincere gratitude towards the bird experts Mr. Hathan Chaudhary Mr. Som G.C., Mr. Manshant Ghimire and Mr. Krishna Bhusal who helped me to make correct identifications of the species through photo identification captured during the surveys. Further, I am also thankful to all the regular bird watching students, especially to, Mr. Sunil Bhandari, Mr. Mitralal Bhandari, Ms. Pramisha Bhattarai, Ms. Ismarika Sharma, Ms. Simanka Dhakal, Mr. Pramod Subedi, Ms. Anushka Subedi and Ms. Pratima Chhetri from CNRM Katari. 
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