“Himalayas”

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.

Assam·wildlife · birds

The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest.

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.

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.

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 · wildlife

A Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos auriceps) excavates a nest cavity in the moss-covered trunk of a tree in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A Spotted Forktail (Enicurus maculatus) caring for its young in a beautifully concealed nest.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

See a Snow Leopard cross treacherous mountainous terrain covered in deep winter snow-pack, past rocky and cliffy faces. Once something interesting has been seen, the Ounce gallops off across the snowy mountain face...

birds · hills

Fantastic audio of the mewli of Garhwal - the Himalayan Barbet! The Great or Himalayan Barbet (Megalaima virens) is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution.

wildlife · birds

Perched on a tree first, the Dark Grey-Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) then flies off to its nest for paying a visit to the chick inside.

birds · wildlife

The Changeable Hawk-Eagle or Crested Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) is a bird of prey species of the family Accipitridae.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A pair of Spotted Forktails (Enicurus maculatus) is observed foraging along a rocky streamside in Motidhar, Mussoorie, nestled within the lower Himalayas of Uttarakhand.