“Himalayas”

Thol, Gujarat·wildlife · birds

Painted Stork take flight at Thol Lake. Thol Sanctuary, about an hour's drive from Ahmedabad, attracts flocks of flamingos, pelicans, kingfishers, ibis, and leggy storks.

wildlife · birds

Black-capped or Rufous Sibia is a common and melodious Himalayan bird. The rufous sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

wildlife · birds

The Indian Blue Jay, coracias benghalensis, is commonly known in the country as Palapitta or Neelkanth, and is a protected species.

birds · hills

In the backdrop of low bird calls, a Himalayan or Darjeeling Pied Woodpecker or Dendrocopos himalayensis is seen pecking on the dry wood of a barren tree in the cold winter in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

Himalayan Pied Kingfisher or Ceryle lugubris. A bird that is found at altitudes of up to 2000 meters right across the Himalaya, from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh. Here, seen on the Ramganga river in Corbett National Park.

birds · forest

Verditer pair on a banj oak tree. The brighter bird is the male while the lighter blue one is the female...

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

The Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) or Himalayan Pied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

lake · wildlife

Painted Stork and Greater Flamingos at the Thol Bird Sanctuary in Gujarat, India. The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

The Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) or Himalayan Pied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

birds · hills

Isn't that a flock of choughs circling overhead in Ladakh? Ladakh has a great diversity of birds, both resident and migratory birds. Some 225 different species of birds have been recorded in Ladakh.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · river

Without the Ramganga river there would be no Corbett. It is the largest of the precious few perennial sources of water in the Park. In fact, for a brief period (from 1954 to 1957) the Park was known as Ramganga National Park.

birds · forest

The Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos auriceps) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It ranges across the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent, primarily the lower-to-middle altitudes of the Himalayas.

wildlife · birds

The lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as lesser sandplover, but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "lesser sand plover".

birds · hills

The Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Himalayan Barbet nest hole below deodar / Dev dar hotel in Landour, Mussoorie. This nest hole, above Cosy Nook, has since been taken over by the Himalayan Rock Bee. Himalayan barbet or Great Hill Barbet has a green tail and yellow beak.

birds · wildlife

This footage captures three distinct Himalayan bird species — the Ultramarine Flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris), a Bulbul (commonly Pycnonotus leucogenys – Himalayan Bulbul), and a Drongo (often Dicrurus macrocercus – Black Drongo, or Dic…

wildlife · birds

This video captures a Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) perched on a tree branch in the peaceful foothills of the Himalayas.

Gujarat·birds · forest

Thol Sanctuary, about an hour's drive from Ahmedabad, attracts flock of Greater flamingos, Painted stork, Sarus crane, Black headed ibis, Egret, Knob billed duck.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Himalayan Whistling Thrush or the Blue Whistling Thrush, also known as the Whistling schoolboy! The bird fans its tail out when it is about to fly, and is known as Kalchure in Nepali.

Assam·birds · livestock

Cattle egret resting on the back of Indian Rhino at Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

Assam·birds · livestock

Cattle egret resting on the back of Indian Rhino at Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Pallas' Fishing Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) in a tree in Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal / Uttarakhand in North India.

birds · hills

This Himalayan barbet has a green tail and yellow beak. They chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take insects.The great himalayan barbet's scientific name is Megalaema virens.