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The North East India : Heaven for birders

There are 1314 species of birds in India, with the north-east India supporting some of the highest avian diversity in the Orient, with over 850 species of Birds. Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri & Dehing Patkai of Assam, Eaglenest, Mishmi Hills & Namdapha of Arunachal Pardesh, Evergreen & semi Evergreen Forest of Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur & Mizoram are Birds lover paradise in the Eastern Himalayas.

BIRDING IN ASSAM

KAZIRANGA, MANAS & NAMERI NATIONAL PARK

Kaziranga, Manas & Nameri National Parks are biodiversity hot-spots. Home to more than half of about 1200 varieties of avifauna recorded in the Indian subcontinent. These parks are home to many endemic & endangered species like Bengal Florican, White-winged wood duck, Slender-billed babbler etc. Key Species: Black- breasted parrotbill, Great hornbill, Wreathed hornbill, Pied Hornbills, Jerdon's and Black Baza, Pallas’s Fishing Eagle, Grey-headed fish eagle, Blue-naped Pitta, Flowerpeckers , Swamp Francolin, Black-necked Stork, Greater Adjutant, Hill Myna, Finn’s Weaver etc

Best Time: October to May

BIRDING IN DEHING PATKAI & MISHMI HILLS

DEHING PATKAI,MISHMI HILLS, MAYODIA PASS & MAGURI BEEL

Mishmi Hills of Arunachal Pradesh & Dehing-Patkai National Park is a heaven for nature lovers, home of over 800 bird species . It has a temperate climate with lush-green mountains, heavy rainfall, dashing rivers, sparkling waterfalls, chirping birds, loitering wild animals .

Key Species: Mishmi Wren-babblers, Blyth’s Tragopan, Sclater’s Monal, Temminck’s Tragopan, Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler, Rusty-bellied and Gould’s Shortwing,Purple and Green Cochoa, chestnut-breasted partridge, Ward’s trogon, Red-headed Trogon, Beautiful Nuthatch, Fire-tailed myzornis, White-winged duck, Pale-capped pigeon etc.

Best Time: October to May

BIRDING IN THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS

NAMERI, EAGLENEST, DIRANG, MANDALA, SANGTI VALLEY & SELAPASS

Birding in the high altitude moist forest of Eastern Himalayas, an unique paradise with a treasure trove of diverse fauna and birdlife over 500 species of Birds. Key Species-White-winged Ducks, Himalayan Monal, Blood pheasant, Snow partridge, Grandala, Snow pigeon, Fair tail Sunbird ,White-cheeked Partridge, Great hornbill, Wreathed hornbill, Blue-naped Pitta, Sultan Tit, Long-billed Plover and Ibisbill. Streak-throated Barwing, Bugun Liocichla, Pied falconet, maroon-backed accentor, eye-browed thrush, blue-fronted robin, slender-billed scimitar-babbler, wren-babblers- wedge-billed, bar-winged, pygmy, spotted, rufous-throated and scaly-breasted, ward's trogon, Blyth’s tragopan, gould's shortwing etc

Best Time: October to April

BIRDING IN THE LAST FRONTIER

NAMDAPHA

Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve at the eastern tip of India is the last true wilderness you will find anywhere in the old world. Thick, impenetrable tropical rain forest growth covering international border between India and Myanmar within Changlang District in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The avifauna is a unique mix of Himalayan, Sino- Tibetan and Indo-Burmese forms. Namdapha is justly a birding paradise with more than 400 species represented with some only found in this area in India. From Ibisbills and White-bellied Herons to Blyth’s Tragopans, Blue-naped Pittas, Snowy-throated babblers, Mishmi Wren-babblers, Temminck’s Tragopan, Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler, Rusty-bellied and Gould’s Shortwing, Purple and Green Cochoa, chestnut-breasted partridge, Ward’s trogon, Red-headed Trogon, Beautiful Nuthatch, Fire-tailed myzornis, 4 parrotbill species, Great Hornbill, Pied Hornbill, Wreathed Hornbill, Rufous necked Hornbill, Austen’s Brown Hornbill etc.