Amrit Kumar Poudel

Universität Greifswald · Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology

Chinese pond-heron (Ardeola bacchus) is a vagrant species in Nepal. We present the first record of Chinese pond-heron from Maidi Lake of Lake Cluster of Pokhara Valley (LCPV), Kaski, Nepal as well as the second record for the species in Nepal itself. Similarly, we recorded 100 bird species around Maidi Lake. We photographed black bittern (Ixobrychu...

Jerdon's baza Aviceda jerdoni is one of the least studied raptor species in Nepal which is listed as a Critically Endangered species in the ‘Nepal's Red List of Birds’. This paper presents the records of this species during opportunistic surveys, conducted in 2018/2019 from Ilam and Jhapa districts of eastern Nepal. A total of 18 individuals were s...

Lake Cluster of Pokhara valley is the latest and largest Ramsar site of Nepal which includes nine lakes and Seti river catchment. Phewa, Begnas and Rupa lakes are considered as focal points for research and conservation activities whereas the Khaste lake complex is in neglected state.A survey of avian diversity and assessment of the threats was car...

M. adamsoni (Watson, 1897) was recorded in Pokhara valley in April, May, August and September during monthly butterfly survey from 2017 to 2018. The confirmation of the species in Godavari area was based on photographic evidence collected in 2011. This note reports the westward range extension of M. adamsoni to the central midlands of Nepal.

This article presents the species richness and abundance of wetland birds in Jingale and Batula lakes of Ramaroshan Lake complex, Achham during a monitoring visit on February 11, 2019.

This paper draws lessons from the development of Forest Reference Level (FRL) or Forest Emission Reference Level (FREL) in three selected countries in the Hindukush Himalayan (HKH) countries. Using a detailed textual analysis of the relevant documents of India, Myanmar and Nepal, the paper compares and contrasts the processes and contents of the FR...

Casual surveys were carried out to determine the richness of butterflies in Godavari and Pokhara in Nepal and Meghalaya, India. Moore's Five Ring (Ypthima nikaea (Moore, [1875]) was recorded from all the sites in Nepal in the month of May and August, 2017 and from Meghalaya in October, 2016. The presence of Y. nikaea in Pakistan is discussed and it...