“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

The first bird in the video is the Black-Headed Jay which is a common resident in the Himalayas. They can be found in hills at a lower altitude as well.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Collared Pygmy Owlet on a Quercus oak tree in Landour, Uttarakhand. 6th February, 2014. Glaucidium brodiei resides across the Himalaya and north-east India. it is really tiny and barred heavily.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Perched quietly on a branch in the forests of Jabbarkhet, a male Grey-winged Blackbird (Turdus boulboul) pauses amid the mountain wilderness.

hills · wildlife

A pair of majestic Himalayan Vulture rests on a steep rocky cliff ledge high in the alpine Himalayas.

birds · hills

Pack elephants leading birding tourists in Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Namdapha National Park is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot and is located in Arunachal Pradesh.

birds · wildlife

A Common Tiger (Danaus genutia) butterfly sits on Lantana camara flowers in India. Lantana is a pernicious weed-like shrub that has invaded India's wilderness areas, having been brought in from South America.

birds · wildlife

This bird has become increasingly rare in Delhi and is difficult to see nowadays. Mahratta or Brown-fronted Pied Woodpecker at its nest-hole in a bakain or Persian Lilac tree in Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi, India.

birds · wildlife

A colourful Great Barbet is perched on a bare branch covered with pale lichen in a forested Himalayan habitat.

hills · wildlife

A majestic Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) soars high in the open sky above the hills of Jabarkhet Nature Reserve.

birds · wildlife

This footage features a Great Barbet (Psilopogon virens) perched on a wild berry tree, partially hidden behind branches and foliage.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata), also sometimes known as the Black-capped Sibia or Black-headed Sibia. It is an active, melodious songbird belonging to the Leiothrichidae family (babblers).

wildlife · birds

This intimate wildlife clip captures a Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) perched gracefully on a treetop, engaged in calm and methodical preening behavior.

hills · wildlife

A stunning shot of a pair of Himalayan Snowcock flying off! Those are not Tibetan Snowcock, surely...

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

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

birds · hills

The colourful Great barbet bird in the himalaya forest of Landour in Uttarakhand. The great barbet (Psilopogon virens) belongs to the family of Asian barbets, Megalaimidae.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Male and female Ultramarines fly back and forth to their nest hole in a Landour Rhododendron tree, ferrying food for their chicks. See their aerial pirouettes in slow motion.

wildlife · birds

The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into Southeast Asia.

birds · wildlife

This bird is known as the Black-capped Sibia or the Rufous Sibia which is its new name. The scientific name of the bird is Heterophasia capistrata. It's roughly the size of a bulbul and is around 21 cms. long.

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.