“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

There has been a tussle between rock bees, wasps, a Himalayan Barbet pair and a Scaly-bellied Woodpecker couple.

birds · wildlife

Verditer Flycatcher is a beautiful sky-blue bird. This is an adult Asian verditer flycatcher, Eumyias thalassina, a member of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Crested Hawk-eagle sits atop a tree in the Wilderness orchard and botanical gardens in Landour. The Crested Hawk-eagle or Changeable Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus), is a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

birds

The Asian Great Barbets (Megalaima virens) are the largest of all barbet species. The name "Barbet" is derived from the French word "barbe", which means "beard," and in this context refers to the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.

birds · wildlife

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

birds

A female Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush. Blue skies of the Himalayas can be seen in the background but don't forget to notice the plumage and a close up of the head and ears.

wildlife · birds

Magpies, like crows, often catch and eat live young birds and chicks. See this Magpie devour a small chick, tear apart its feathers and dig into the body...

birds · wildlife

Large-Tailed Nightjar is a widespread resident, Himalayas east to Eastern and North-Eastern India and Bangladesh.

wildlife · birds

White-tailed Nuthatch resting among a network of bare tree branches. This small passerine bird is a characteristic resident of Himalayan forests and is admired by birdwatchers for its distinctive appearance and agile behavior.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A Grey-winged Blackbird moves quietly across the lush green grass at the Wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Botanical Arboretum in the western Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

This video features the Rufous-bellied Woodpecker, a distinctive Himalayan woodpecker scientifically known as Dendrocopos hyperythrus, actively knocking its beak against a tree trunk in search of insects and larvae.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Feeding time for the melodious Grey-winged Blackbird at wildfilmsindia bird sanctuary at Motidhar, as it feasts on a range of forest berries from shrubs, climbers and trees, and among the oak leaves on the forst floor, in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

An Ashy Drongo does contortionist preening in the summer sun, at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet estate in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, with bird call all around.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Though the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand is famous for its wildlife like the Bengal Tiger and wild elephants, it also has a sizeable bird life. Lesser Fish Eagles can be found commonly in Corbett.

flowers · birds

Springtime in the Himalaya is a season of plenty for all creatures after the harsh Himalayan winters.

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

Pallas's Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus), also known as Pallas's Sea Eagle or Band-Tailed Fish Eagle, is a large, brownish sea-eagle.

birds · wildlife

A Mrs Gould’s Sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae) perched on a leafless tree branches in the Himalaya. The bird remains on an exposed perch, actively calling while scanning its surroundings.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

In Jabbarkhet, a Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata), a bird species native to the Himalayas, is seen perched on a tree branch bearing oak marble galls.

birds · lake

A Pond Heron gobbles up a frog, with legs dangling from its beak, at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary. This must be a new altitude record for a Pond Heron coming up to 6800 feet altitude in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Nepal·farmland · wildlife

The Tibetan snowcock is a bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

hills · birds

The Wilderness Films team came across this often-heard but not-so-often-seen owl at our conservation estate in Uttarakhand.

birds · wildlife

0:00 - Rufous sibia / Black-capped sibia - 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.

birds · hills

The bakain tree is common across India and even climbs into the Himalayan foothills. Black Bulbuls are mountain birds but the habitat of the two does briefly cross in the lower Himalaya and then the Black Bulbul partakes of the berries of t…