“Himalayas”

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·hills · forest

A Himalayan Queen Fritillary (Issoria issaea) rests delicately among the wild vegetation of Jabarkhet Nature Reserve in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

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.

forest · hills

Male and female Kalij Pheasant couple root around in the forest leafy under storey, at Motidhar sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, with the red lappet of the male matching the dropped Rhododendron arboreum petals, in terms of colour tonality.

river · hills

What a fabulous privilege to see this rare animal stalking in the high Himalaya, in seclusion and in its prime habitat along the cliff-face of a steep high altitude Himalayan mountainside.

wildlife · snow

A well-planned attack turns to dross. The Snow Leopard was well concealed behind a rock and nicely placed just above the grazing Ibex.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

A fantastic high Himalayan view from high above Madhyamaheshwar shrine in the Kedarnath region of Garhwal, Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Nepal·farmland · wildlife

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

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 · 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.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · wildlife

Rugged mountains of Spiti Valley—large colonies of the Himalayan Giant Honeybee (Apis laboriosa) nesting on a steep rocky cliff.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

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

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.

Kaziranga, Assam·wildlife · forest

Forest guards shooting in air to chase elephants from tea garden 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·wildlife · forest

Ghillie suit-clad rangers patrol against poachers at Kaziranga, Assam. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

wildlife · snow

A rare if not singularly unique shot of a Snow Leopard actually capturing its prey, perhaps the first time this has ever been filmed in the wild.

wildlife · livestock

0:00 - Trekkers out on a trek in the Himalayas 0:20 - Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) or lammergeier also spelt lammergeyer or lammergeir, also called bearded vulture, big eaglelike vulture of the Old World (family Accipitridae), frequ…

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…

snow · wildlife

A cameraman from wildfilmsindia slogs up the mountains, cameras in hand and in his heavy backpack, to bring you Snow Leopard footage from the high Himalaya.

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.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · hills

Two of the most iconic wildlife species of the Trans-Himalayan region—the elusive Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) and the majestic Himalayan Ibex (Capra sibirica)—in the rugged high-altitude terrain of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India.