A new species of bird has been found
In Nepal, a new species of bird has been discovered. At Kakarbhitta in Mechinagar Municipality-6, in the Jhapa district of eastern Nepal, a purple-rumped sunbird was observed. The bird was recorded at 133 meters above sea level, according to Dr. Tulsi Subedi, coordinator of the Nepal Bird Record Committee. While birdwatching around 8:30 am, ornithologist Devendra Kumar Kharel documented the sighting. Kharel initially saw male and female Purple-rumped sunbirds on an avocado tree in a Mechinagar residential complex, according to Laxman Poudel, national coordinator of the Nepal Bird Census. Before formally cataloguing the species, he spent two days watching them nonstop. Anish Timsina, Chakra Timsina, and Shankar Luitel were among the other ornithologists who verified the sighting.
In order to make a tentative identification, Kharel took pictures of the bird and forwarded the information to the Nepal Bird Record Committee for confirmation. The species was formally recognized and given the Nepali name “Baijani Bunge Chara” following additional research and expert consultations at the national and international levels. According to Dr. Subedi, this bird is a member of the Nectariniidae family, which is a suborder of the Passeriformes. Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka are home to this species, which also breeds there. Two subspecies of the Purple-rumped sunbird, Leptocoma zeylonica flaviventris and Leptocoma zeylonica zeylonica, have been identified worldwide. The Leptocoma zeylonica flaviventris subspecies includes the recently discovered species in Nepal. The Nepal Bird Record Committee has certified that with this inclusion, Nepal now contains 898 bird species.
