“Himalayas”

birds · wildlife

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

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·birds · hills

A female Himalayan Woodpecker actively pecking and drilling into a tree trunk in the temperate forests of the Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Grey-winged Blackbird is one of India's finest songsters, even as it silently pecks around for insects A Grey winged Blackbird scrabbles around in the undergrowth at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary at Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand.

birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher catches a fly and batters it on the twig it sits on, before consuming part of it, and partly taking it back to its nest for its chicks.

wildlife · birds

What a sight! What an absolutely fabulous sight of wild birds coming together in such numbers to escape the harsher climes up north, in warmer balmier wintery India.

village · wildlife

What a sight! What an absolutely fabulous sight of wild birds coming together in such numbers to escape the harsher climes up north, in warmer balmier wintery India.

Uttarakhand·birds

Amazing slow motion video of collared pygmy owlet. This tiny little Collared Owlet have rounded head and no ear-tufts. In the Himalayas, breeding season is from March to June but is usually in April and May.

flowers · birds

Ever seen the tubular tongue of a Woodpecker? Even katphoras like a change of flavour from insect feed to nectar! A Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus) or Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker dipping its tubular tongue to get nectar from R…

birds · wildlife

The Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus), also known as the Orange-flanked Bush-robin, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old Worl…

lake · wildlife

A duo pf Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) foraging for food in a wetland in India. They are a near-threatened species of bird as per the IUCN Red List.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Pecking away fervently at this cavity in a maple tree in Landour, this woodpecker seems to have tapped into a mother-lode of insect larvae present inside the tree! The Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) or Himalayan Pied Woodpe…

wildlife · birds

A group of Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus) moves gracefully through a shallow river, their reflections shimmering across the calm water surface.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A lively cluster of White-throated Laughingthrushes (Pterorhinus albogularis) is seen actively feeding in dense bushy vegetation at Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie.

birds · hills

This cheery caller is seen at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens, sitting on a bare pear tree. The two note call echoes through the hills.

wildlife · birds

The Grey-winged Blackbird male has black plumage on head, neck, back and top of underparts. The lower underparts are black with weak greyish scaled effect. The upper wing shows conspicuous greyish-white panel.

birds · wildlife

Rufous Turtle Dove in the Himalaya A compilation of bird species recorded in the Himalayan forests of Uttarakhand shows a variety of resident and mountain woodland birds in their natural habitats.

Madhya Pradesh·birds · river

A lone Crested Hawk Eagle sits by Ken River and drinks water from it in Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. The Changeable Hawk-Eagle or Crested Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) is a bird of prey species of the family Accipitridae.

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.

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

There’s something truly magical about birdwatching in the Himalayas. In this video, I had the privilege of observing some of the most beautiful and vibrant mountain birds in their natural habitat.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

At the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet wildlife sanctuary, a Hill Barbet feasts on a wild hill berry of the Himalaya, possibly a Viburnum.

hills · birds

With the little tuft of feathers above the orange beak, the Jungle Myna is unmistakable in its new habitat in the middle Himalaya. They have moved up from the plains and are now stealing nest-holes from the milder hill birds.