A new migratory bird species, locally named Baijani Koili (violet cuckoo), has been recorded for the first time in Nepal. The bird was sighted at the Sukhani forest area of Rong Rural Municipality in ...

A new bird species, the Violet Cuckoo (Baijani Koili in Nepali), has been officially recorded in Nepal, marking the 899th bird species in the country’s avian records.

With this discovery, one more species has been added to the number of bird species in Nepal's records. Now the total number of bird species in Nepal has reached 899.