Spiny Babbler is from the family of “Passerine Birds” a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. (Scientific name: Turdoides nipalensis) or (Kande Bhyakur in Nepali) It is a rare species of bird found only in Nepal. Nepal is blessed with different species of flora and fauna’s nevertheless we are high in numbers of birds too. Up till now Nepal has been recorded to have 867 species of birds, which rounds of to be about 8% of the total bird species found worldwide. We are home for total of 35 globally threatened species around the world and 19 proximate threatened species and 15 restricted-range species. “Spiny Babbler” is found in restricted range but till now researchers have reckoned the species aren’t to be under vulnerable category as the thresholds is summarized under the range size criterion.
It can be sighted easily around the heart of Nepal; the Kathmandu valley, distinctively around the Godavari and Phulchoki area. It is rarely to be foreseen by the human eyes but on the contrary the bird is very common. It is a medium sized bird with a sharp beak and is quite shy an elegant and spectacular brown bird. Though the ‘Spiny Babbler” doesn’t has its name on extinction but because of it scarce nature, it must be protected and should be given special attention. A genuine fact about “Kande Bhyakur; Spiny Babbler” is it was thought to be extinct for over centuries but later it suddenly came under everyone’s attention when “Sidney Dillon Ripley”, an American ornithologist came to know about its existence. The population size of this bird is unknown. They have a range restriction but it’s said that their population is stable till apparent condition.
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