The rare bird, the spiny babbler, found only in Nepal, has been found for the first time in Madhesh Province. The bird was recorded near Dudhaura Khola in Jitpursimara Sub-metropolitan City-22 of Bara.

This is the first record for Madhesh Province so far, said ornithologist Hathan Chaudhary. The bird was found by Chaudhary and Suraj Baral. Ashish Pant, Sumi Singh Thakuri and Nischal Pokharel, undergraduate students at the Institute of Forestry Studies, Hetauda Campus, also participated in the observation.

'We found four spiny babblers there,' said Chaudhary, 'It has been recorded in various places in other provinces. With the record in Madhesh Province, its presence has been confirmed in all seven provinces of Nepal.'

The bird was found in the forest of the Chure area, located at an altitude of about 443 meters above sea level, east of the Mahendra Highway, at 8:30 am on Jestha 21. The area, which is home to a model women's community forest, is home to grasslands, sedges, khayar, mixed shrubs and bushes.

Currently, the Nepal Ornithologists' Association and Mithila Wildlife Trust are conducting a bird survey program in all eight districts of Madhesh Province. Chaudhary said that the thorny hawk was also found during the survey. A bird survey was previously completed in Madhesh during the winter season in Magh-Phalgun. The second phase of the survey is underway since Jestha 18.

This bird has previously been recorded in various districts of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces. But its presence was not confirmed in Madhesh Province. With the recording in Bara, the geographical distribution of the thorny jay has reached all seven provinces of Nepal.

The thorny jay, a native bird found only in Nepal, belongs to the Passeriformes family of the Liothrichidae. There is a record of it being recorded in Nepal up to an altitude of 1,830 meters. However, ornithologist Manashant Ghimire said that the record in Bara has been confirmed to be found in the lowest area so far.

This bird, which has been recorded only in Nepal, is very beautiful and captivating. It has a curved black beak, is different from other birds, and sings a loud, melodious song, making its voice cuckoo and melodious. The body color of the thorny jay, which is about 26 centimeters long, is brownish-brown and has white stripes extending from the face to the belly. It especially nests in the bushes or shrubs. It is also called the thorny babbler because it likes to live in the thorny and thorny forests with bushes or shrubs.

The thorny babbler was first discovered in Nepal by the British senior wildlife explorer and naturalist Brian Hudson. He made the first record of this bird in the Kathmandu Valley in 1830. After that, the bird disappeared for almost a hundred years. Then the famous American ornithologist S. Dillon Ripley investigated the search for the bird.