“Himalayas”

birds · wildlife

Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and looks deceptively like a different bird but is really a Verditer Flycatcher in the Himalay, at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

forest · birds

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.

hills · wildlife

Cheer Pheasant or bhoincheel calls out in its exquisite voice in the Kumaon Himalaya | Rare Himalayan Bird Sighting with a backdrop of the Chaukhamba range and nearby peaks. The sound of a conch shell or shankh can be heard nearby.

birds · hills

A shock of Verditer blue gives away the male Verditer Flyatcher in the Himalaya Verditer Flycatcher has a lovely trilling call, male is deep sky blue while female is a lighter blue Deep sky blue Verditer Flycatcher at wildfilmsindia Motidha…

hills · wildlife

See what wildlife walks into our night time cameras in the Himalaya, from Deer to Himalayan Black Bear!

hills · wildlife

Camera trap footage of Barking Deer or Kakar as they gambol around on a grassy wintery meadow at wildfilmsindia forests in Himalaya

hills · wildlife

Rhododendron campanulatum shrubbery in the higher Garhwal Himalaya, interspersed with Himalayan Birch / Bhoj patra or Betula utilis forests, makes for excellent Monal Pheasant, Bharal or Blue Sheep and Musk Deer habitat!

birds · wildlife

Grey headed Canary Flycatcher at Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi, just before departing for Himalaya on their return migration at the end of winter.

hills · birds

People around the world eat certain varieties of ferns that have high iron content and are lovely to turn into a subzi of sorts, with a nice bitter-sweet vegetable taste.

hills · wildlife

A Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) moves through its natural mountain habitat in the Himalayan region. The horned goat-antelope walks toward a camera trap while grazing and looking around the surrounding area.

birds · hills

See these super cute Thrush chicks with little fresh feather tufts on their ears! Grey-winged Blackbird is one of the finest songsters in the entire Himalayan region, like a very coval thrush in an English country garden.

hills · wildlife

Demoiselle Crane flock arrives in Rajasthan, after crossing the Himalaya, crooning with joy on safe arrival in India, having escaped the harsh winters of Mongolia and further north.

wildlife · snow

See the mother Ounce leap up those vertical cliffs like she's walking in a city garden! The Snow Leopard is a rarely seen cat in the animal kingdom as it lives in the high altitude of the Himalayas.

hills · wildlife

A Himalayan Pika, a small high-altitude mammal found across the Himalayan mountain range. The animal is visible among rocky terrain typical of alpine slopes and cold mountain habitats.

wildlife · hills

This engaging wildlife footage showcases Red-billed Blue Magpies (Urocissa erythroryncha) foraging on the forest floor in the lower Himalayan mountains.

wildlife · snow

A lone Snow leopard in a forest of India.The snow leopard is native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

wildlife · birds

industry · wildlife

A close macro view of an Old World Swallowtail caterpillar feeding on a fennel plant. The larva displays striking orange, black, and yellow spotted patterns along its body as it slowly crawls and eats the soft green leaves of Fennel.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · birds

The pipits are a cosmopolitan genus, Anthus, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Along with the wagtails and longclaws, the pipits make up the family Motacillidae.

wildlife · snow

A lone Snow leopard in a forest of India.The snow leopard is native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Dehradun, Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

Speakers presented their case studies at the Uttarakhand Spring Bird Festival, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · snow

One can recognize this scat as that of being from a Snow Leopard from the location, altitude, size of turd and the content of hair and fur within it...

birds · wildlife

Himalayan Black Bulbuls (Hypsipetes leucocephalus), also known as Himalayan Black Bulbuls, perched on the bare branches of a tree. In one sequence, a single bird is observed resting on a branch before taking flight.

wildlife · birds

The demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey.