“Himalayas”

hills · wildlife

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. It feeds on berries and insects.

birds · wildlife

Black crested Tit : The black-crested tit (Periparus ater melanolophus), also known as the spot-winged tit, is a bird in the Paridae family. It is now usually considered a subspecies of the coal tit.

wildlife · birds

Rufous Bellied Niltava Eggs In Their Nest In The Himalaya | India See the delicate eggs in their nest - we took cover in a distant hide to film these so that the birds didn't get scared of our presence...

hills · flowers

This video is filmed in the Western Himalayan region at WildFilmsIndia's conservation site, focusing on a stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in its natural habitat.

hills · wildlife

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. It feeds on berries and insects.

birds · wildlife

A blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) perched among the forests and streams of the Himalaya.

birds · wildlife

A cheery little Streaked Laughing Thrush sits on a branch in a forest in the Himalayas. With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and friendly mountain bird as a 'Laughie'.

hills · snow

In cold late winter rain, this rare male Koklass Pheasant has found itself this overhang with moss, where he chooses to hide. But the location is not very effective, and the feathers of the bird get wet.

wildlife · forest

The dark grey-Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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.

wildlife · birds

A Black-headed Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) perched among dense, dry branches in its natural Himalayan forest habitat.

wildlife · birds

This wildlife footage captures a rare inter-species conflict in the foothills of the Himalayas, where a Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) and a Green Pigeon (Treron sp.) are seen fighting over territory.

flowers · hills

This intimate macro wildlife footage features a Lavatera flower (Lavatera sp.) in full bloom, captured in tight close-up shots from the foothills of the Himalayas.

hills · wildlife

The Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) is a majestic wild ungulate inhabiting the steep, rocky slopes of the Himalayas at altitudes between 2,500 and 5,000 meters.

river · hills

Digging up old leaves and mud in the stream, these Forktails hunt for insects, molluscs and grubs in the stream water. Normally found near small streams and rivulets, these beautiful birds get their name from the deep forks in their tails.

wildlife · birds

Grey-winged Blackbird feeds fledglings in their nest in the crook of a Himalayan Horse Chestnut tree. The male is a darker blue-black while the female is an olive green-brown in colour.

hills · wildlife

The sudden excitement of this swallow brood when a parent brings in food is both cute and comical.

wildlife · birds

The head, neck and breast are black with a bluish spotting on the crown. The shoulders and rump are a duller blue and the underparts are a greyish cream. The long tail is a brighter blue with a broad white tip.

wildlife · hills

This footage captures a male Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) moving cautiously through a rocky earth cavity and gravel-covered hillside in the Himalayan region of northern India.

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.

wildlife · birds

A pair of Brown Dipper birds in spring. The male courts the female and tries to feed here even as they battle the cold blue waters of the Jalandhri Garh torrent above Harsil in the high Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Collared Pygmy Owlet on an 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.

forest · wildlife

Rare archival footage of logging operations in the Himalaya in the early twentieth century. Tree trunks are being floated down a river, and moved along by men on canoes.

birds · wildlife

A Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) clinging vertically to a moss-covered tree branch. The bird uses its strong bill to repeatedly peck at the tree's surface while searching for insects and larvae beneath the bark.