BHUTAN
Plants and Animals
Plants and Animals
Plants and Animals
Plants
Bhutan's national tree, Cupressus cypress torulosaPhoto: S.Rae CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
Bhutan is one of the last biodiversity hotspots in the world, with coniferous and deciduous forests growing to 72% of the total land area. Furthermore, 60% of the country has been declared a protected area.
As far as forest areas are concerned, Bhutan can be divided into three major zones:
-the alpine zone, above 4000 meters, where there are no forests
-the temperate zone, from 2000 to 4000 meters, with coniferous and deciduous forests
-the subtropical zone, from 150 to 200 meters, with tropical and subtropical vegetation.
Bhutan counts various forest types including spruce forests, mixed coniferous forests, forests consisting of the himalayads (Pinus wallichiana), also called teardrops, Bhutan pine or Wallichs pine, mixed coniferous and deciduous forests, highland hardwood forests, lowland hardwood forests and tropical lowland forests. Bhutan's national tree is the cypress Cupressus torulosa or teardrop tree. Also special is the wild Himalayan cherry tree, Prunus cerasoides, which grows in forests at an altitude of 1200-2400 meters.
Bhutan has a particularly large number of flower and plant species;more than 5000 species, including more than 600 orchid species, 300 medicinal plants and 46 rhododendrons. 60% of the Bhutanese flora is found in Eastern Himalya. Common plants include magnolia, juniper bush, orchids in many shades, gentian, pepper tree and giant rhubarb.
Very special is the blue poppy (Meconopsis grandis), the national flower of Bhutan. This plant grows above the tree line (above 3500 meters) on a rocky soil and reaches a height of about 1 meter.
There are five types of poppy in Bhutan, in addition to the red, yellow and white poppy. True enthusiasts are looking for the large creamy-white Maconopsis superba, which is only found in the Haa Valley.
Blue poppy, the national flower of BhutanPhoto: Andrew Curtis CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
Animals
The takin is the national animal of BhutanPhoto:-Majestic- CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
Many rare, endangered animal species live in the dense jungle and high mountains of Bhutan, including about 200 mammal species. Bhutan's oldest national park, Royal Manas, is home to many mammals typical of Bhutan and South East Asia in general, including water buffalo, gaur, himalayan forest gems, sambar (also called Aristotle deer or horse deer), muntjac, chital or chital, Asian elephant, blue sheep (also called bharal or naur) and the very rare Indian or armored rhinoceros.
Wolves, yaks, Himalayan marmot and musk deer live at higher altitudes. The high mountains are also home to the snow leopard, clouded leopard, Asiatic wild dog, red panda and black Himalayan bear. Other predators include the tiger, Asian golden cat, marble cat, manoel or pallas cat, Bengal tiger, sloth bear or bahloe and fishing cat or fish cat.
The Asiatic wild dog (also called red dog, alpine dog, dhole or adjak) has Bhutan recovered somewhat after a poisoning campaign in the 1970s and settled in Jigme Dorji National Park since the 1990s.
Asiatic wild dog reoccurs in BhutanPhoto: Davidvraju CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
Bhutan's national animal is the takin, a type of moose. Deer, antelopes and wild dogs also live in the forests. The warmer regions of southern Bhutan are home to a variety of monkey species, including the Assam macaque or mountain red monkey, golden langur, crested langur, and a Hullman or gray langur species. Small mammals include the Bengal rabbitn and the pygmy pig.
In 2013, following various scientific studies, it was determined that Bhutan at that time had 36 amphibians (34 frogs, 1 salamander, 1 amphibian) and 83 reptiles (57 snakes, 20 lizards, 1 crocodile, 5 turtles).
Snake species include Small Striped Snake, Common Worm Snake, Dark or Burmese Tiger Python, Indian Wolf Snake, Flying Snake, Spectacle Snake, White-lipped Bamboo Viper, Indochinese Rat Snake, Russell's Viper and King Cobra .
Lizards include agames (including the leech), geckos (including tjitjak, flat-tailed gecko), skinks, monitor lizards (including Bengal monitor lizard, yellow monitor lizard) and a slow worm species.
The white-lipped bamboo viper occurs in BhutanPhoto: Rushen CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
Yak
No other animal on the Tibetan plateau and in Bhutan is more imaginative and exemplifies the unique fauna in the Himalayas than the yak or bromine, the 'camel of the snow'. Hardened, stubborn, playful and at first glance clumsy, but on rugged and steep terrain indispensable for the people of Bhutan. Actually, only the bulls are called 'yak', the cows are called 'dri'. The bulls are, as with all cattle, larger than the cows, wild yaks are larger than the domesticated ones. Three main types of yak can be distinguished: with a square or rectangular head, with a long nose and a small version. There are also white yaks.
The yak was domesticated thousands of years ago by the nomads all over Central Asia and used for plowing, as a pack animal and as a producer of meat, milk (butter and cheese ), grease (paint), fertilizer fuel, clothing and canvas.
Wild yaks are an endangered species, but the population in Tibet, where the only true wild yak lives, seems to be increasing again in recent years . Yaks are often crossed with other bovine species.
Yak Bull BhutanPhoto: 4028mdk09 CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
Bhutan has more than 700 various bird species (and new ones are still being discovered), of which more than 400 species are resident birds. The Phobjikha Valley in Central Bhutan is the main wintering site (late October-mid February) for about 400 rare black-necked cranes. The birds come from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and always arrive between 23 and 26 October.
Also in danger of extinction is the imperial heron, one of the 50 rarest birds in the world. Also special is the white-banded sea eagle, which can be seen in Bhutan on its journey in the spring and in the autumn from Tibet to North India and vice versa. In the Thrumshingla National Park there are six very endangered bird species: Himalayan yearbird (kind of hornbill), red-throated tigger, red satyridae, beautiful nuthatch, Harpactes wardi (trogon species) and robin wood partridge. The globally endangered white-winged forest duck has recently also appeared in Bhutan.
The raven is the national bird of Bhutan and is incorporated in the crown of the Bhutanese king.
The raven crown of Bhutanese King Hariboneagle927Photo: Hariboneagle927 CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
| FLY CATCHERS | ||
| Red-breasted Wheatear | grandala | Red-bellied Rock Thrush |
| azure niltava | Gray Whinchat | Red-throated Nightingale |
| flycatcher | greybackforktail | redthroat niltava |
| bamboo flycatcher | Himalayan Bluetail | Sapphire Flycatcher |
| Mountain Rock Thrush | Himalayan Redtail | Shama Thrush |
| Bluethroat | Hodgson's Whinchat | Mirror Redtail |
| Blue Shortwing | Hodgson's Flycatcher | Taiga Flycatcher |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Indian Whinchat | Field Redtail |
| blue-throated niltava | Indian bluetail | water redstart |
| blue-headed redstart | izabelle wheatear | whitefly flycatcherr |
| Blue-tailed | Kashmir Flycatcher | White-browed Flycatcher |
| Blue-fronted Callene | small short-winged | white-bellied redstart |
| Blyth's blue tail | small niltava | white-throated redstart |
| Spotted Wheatear | small fork tail | White-throated Flycatcher |
| Brooks' niltava | cobalt niltava (photo) | white-crowned redtail |
| brown flycatcher | slate blue flycatcher | white-crowned forktail |
| Chinese Flute Thrush | Orange Nightingale | White-tailed Callene |
| Dayal Thrush | Red-breasted Redtail | Black-breasted Nightingale |
| Dwarf Niltava | Rust-bellied Shortwing | Black-breasted Wheatear |
| magpie flycatcher | rusty flycatcher | black redstart |
| spotted forktail | rust spot flycatcher | black-backed fork tail |
| soot fly trap | ||
| Gould's short wing | red-bellied niltava |
Cobalt niltava is found in BhutanPhoto: Ajit Hota CC 4.0 International no changes made
| HAWK, SPARKWARD or EAGLEY | ||
| hawk-hawk | hawk | monk-vulture |
| Asian crested eagle | hawk eagle | red-bellied eagle |
| Asian honey buzzard | himalayan or snow vulture | shikra (photo) |
| Mongrel Eagle | Himalayan Buzzard | Snake Eagle |
| Bengal Vulture | Indian Eared Vulture | sperwer |
| besrasperwer | Indian snake eagle | golden eagle |
| hen harrier | Indian black eagle | steppe eagle |
| imperial or eastern eagle | white-banded sea eagle | |
| Brahminy kite | little river eagle | bald eagle |
| buzzard | crested goshawk | black kite |
| dwarf eagle | bearded vulture | |
| gray kite | Mongolian buzzard |
Shikra, bird of prey in BhutanPhoto: Jan Willem Steffelaar CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
| LEIOTHRICHIDAE | ||
| Bhutanlijstergaai | Japanese nightingale | red-necked thrush |
| blue-winged starfish | jungle babbler | red-backed minla |
| blue-winged minla | long-tailed sibia | red-tailed minla |
| spotted thrush | Nepalese nontimalia | White-bellied Thrush |
| Chest-Strap-Thrower | Nepalese Stripe Wing | White-Bellied Thrush |
| brown-throated nontimalia | ornate minnow (photo) | white-throated thrush |
| striped thrush | red-bellied thrush | White-crested Thrush |
| Gold-winged Thrush-wing | Red-chinned Thrush-wing | Silver-eared Malia |
| Gray-headed Striped Wing | red-faced thrush | black-headed sibia |
| himalayacutia | red-masked timilia | black-faced thrush |
Ornate minnow, bird found in BhutanPhoto: JJ Harrison CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
| SWIMMING BIRDS | ||
| Baer's white-eyed duck | gadwall | wigeon |
| shelduck | red-crested duck | pochard |
| bronze-headed duck | tufted duck | mallard |
| casarca or sooty goose | Mandarin Duck | Teal |
| Greylag Goose | Pintail | White-Eyed Duck |
| Great merganser | Red or Yellow Whistling Duck | White-winged Wood Duck |
| Indian or Stripe-headed Goose | Siberian or Baikal teal | summer teal |
| Indian spotted duck | slo beend | |
| PHEASANTS | ||
| blue peacock | quail | snow partridge |
| blood pheasant | nepal pheasant (photo) | mirror peacock |
| Blyth's blackbird | Red Junglefowl or Banana Fowl | Tibetan Mountain Fowl |
| Common Wood Partridge | Red Satyr Fowl or Satyrtragopan | Tibetan Partridge |
| Himalayan Glazed Pheasant | Robin Wood Partridge | Black Francolin |
| Japanese quail | red-throated wood partridge |
Nepal pheasant is found in BhutanPhoto: Tinyfroglet CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
| FINCHES | ||
| Mountain Red Sparrow | Gray-headed Goldfinch | red-headed bullfinch |
| Blanfords rosefinch | himalaya greenfinch | rosefinch |
| Brandt's Mountain Finch | Himalayan Hookbill | Scarlet Duckbill |
| Brown Bullfinch | Himalayan Red Sparrow | Mirrored Sparrow |
| Red Sparrow | Himalayan Red Sparrow | Tibetan Canary |
| Burton's bullfinch | Hodgson's mountain finch | finch |
| dark redfinch | keep | spotted winged beak |
| yellow-backed beak | crossbill | eyebrow red sparrow |
| gold-crowned finch | giant red sparrow | |
| WAGTAILS AND BEEPERS | ||
| Gray Wagtail | Indian Pied Wagtail | Tree Pipit |
| Yellow Wagtail | Oriental Pipit | Siberian Pipit |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Long-billed Pipit (photo) | Red-throated Pipit |
| Lemon Wagtail | Mongolian Pipit | Pacific Pipit |
| Great Yellow Wagtail | dune pipit | |
| white wagtail | vine pipit |
Long-billed piper occurs in BhutanPhoto: Lip Kee Yap CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
| PIGEONS | ||
| rock pigeon | red dove | thick-billed puffin |
| cliff dove | pearl-necked dove | pointed-tailed puffin |
| Snow Dove | Palm Dove | Wedge-tailed Puffin |
| Hodgson's Pigeon | striped cuckoo pigeon | green imperial pigeon |
| Nepal pigeon | emerald or green-winged pigeon | Indian Eurasian pigeon |
| Oriental Dove | Orange-breasted Puffin | |
| Collared Dove | Indo-Chinese puffin | |
| CUCKOOS | ||
| amethyst cuckoo (photo) | large green-billed malkoha | cuckoo |
| Bengal spur cuckoo | large green-billed malkoha | Short-winged Cuckoo |
| Chinese Spur Cuckoo | Himalayan Cuckoo | Piet-van-Vliet or Common Cuckoo |
| Coromandel Cuckoo | Hodgson's Sparrow Cuckoo | Right-Tailed Drongo Cuckoo |
| Striped Piet-van-Vliet | Indian Koël | fork-tailed drongo cuckoo |
| spotted bronze cuckoo | Indian spotted cuckoo | |
| gray-bellied Piet-van-Vliet | little cuckoo |
Amethyst Cuckoo is found in BhutanPhoto: Kesavamurthy N CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
| PHYLLOSCOPIDAE | ||
| leaf king | Gray-throated Woods Warbler | Orpheus Woods Warbler |
| Blyth's Woods Warbler | Gray-headed Woods Warbler | Sooty Woods Warbler |
| brown forest warbler | gray-cheeked forest warbler | Ticehurst's golden-eyed forest warbler |
| Burke's golden-eyed forest warrior | Chiffchaff | |
| Thick-billed Fitis | Himalayan Woods Warbler | Silver Eyed Woods Warbler |
| gold band forest warbler | Humes leaf king | |
| gray fitis | chestnut-headed forest warbler | |
| TRUSHES | ||
| brown thrush | Tenimberg Gold Thrush | |
| Dama Thrush | Chestnut Thrush | Tibetan Blackbird |
| gray-winged blackbird | Kessler's thrush | Tickells thrush |
| green cochoa | long-tailed thrush | pale thrush |
| long-billed thrush | purple cochoa | white-collared thrush (photo) |
| himalayan thrush | red-throated thrush | black-throated thrush |
White-collared thrush is found in BhutanPhoto: Francesco Veronesi CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
| WOODPECKER | ||
| Asiatic woodpecker | gray-headed woodpecker | lesser scaly-chested woodpecker |
| bleached-headed bamboo woodpecker | great yellow-crested woodpecker | powder woodpecker |
| brown-eared woodpecker | great gold-backed woodpecker | robin woodpecker |
| darjeelings woodpecker (photo) | himalayan woodpecker | red-eared woodpecker |
| wryneck | himalayan gold-backed woodpecker | red-eared woodpecker |
| gray-crested woodpecker | lesser yellow-crested woodpecker | pale-breasted woodpecker |
| OWLS | ||
| bosoehoe | Collared Scops Owl | Oriental Scops Owl |
| Tawny Owl | Spotted Scops Owl | Long-eared Owl |
| Brahminy Owl | himalayan owl | Long-legged Owl |
| Brown Tawny Owl | jungledwerguil | Short-eared Owl |
| collared scops owl | little himalayan owl | South Asian pitfall |
Darjeeling woodpecker occurs in BhutanPhoto: Nbu2012 CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
| SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES | ||
| mountain snipe | ruff | redshank |
| buck | curved sandpiper | snipe |
| bossnip | whimbrel | |
| green-legged rider | spiny-tailed snipe | |
| woodcock | Temmink's sandpiper | |
| CETTIDAE | ||
| bamboo forest warbler | golden crown tesia | chestnut koptesia (photo) |
| mountain-cutting bird | g Rijsbiktesia | Red-faced Shrub Warbler |
| Mountain Shrub Warbler | Green Shrub Warbler | Red-faced Bush Warbler |
| broad-billed bush warbler | Humes shrub warbler | |
| TIMALIA'S or CREEPERS | ||
| The Black-billed Creeper | Harrington's Tree Timalia | Sickle-Creeper |
| Banded Parrot Timalia | Red-throated Creeping Timalia | Spotted-Breasted Creeper |
| Yellow-throated Timalia | Red-throated Tufted Tigers | Western Wedge-billed Timalia |
| Golden Tree Timalia | Red-headed Tree Timalia | White-browed Creeper |
Chestnut Choptesia, Bhutanese BirdPhoto: John&Jemi Holmes CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
| CROWS | ||
| alpine chough | gray-breasted woodcatcher | nutcracker |
| red-billed crow | green kitta | raven |
| black-billed crow | house crow | red-throated treecatcher |
| magpie | Masked Woodcatcher | Jay |
| Yellow-billed Kitta | ||
| THICK MACHINES | ||
| brown big-billed tit | gray-billed big-billed tit | flea tail |
| Yellow-headed Big-billed Tit | Big-billed Tit | White-browed Nontimalia |
| Golden Nontimalia | Jerdons timalia | White-throated Beaked Tit |
| Gray-headed Billed Tit | Red-headed Billed Tit | |
| PELLORNEIDAE | ||
| witkoptimalia | oliveflanknontimalia | assam dwarf creeper (photo) |
| yellow-throated nontimalia | spotted jungletimalia | red-tailed mouse malia |
| red-winged nontimalia | white-bellied jungletimalia | Indian grass warbler |
| red-throated nontimalia | stripe chest creepy tigers |
Assam dwarf creeper, Bhutanese birdPhoto: Umeshsrinivasan CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
| CISTICOLIDAE | ||
| mountain prinia | Gray Prinia | White Welt Prinia |
| Yellow Belly Prinia | Jungle Prinia | Black-throated Prinia |
| gray-breasted prinia | long-tailed cutterbird | |
| gray-headed prinia | rusty prinia | |
| REIGERS | ||
| Great Blue Heron | Little Egret | Reddish Little Bittern |
| Great Egret | Cattle Egret | Middle or Yellow-billed Silver Egret |
| Indi rale heron | quack | |
| emperor heron | mangroveron | |
| MEES | ||
| Mountain Great Tit | Gray Crested Tit | Sultan Tit |
| Woodland Warbler | Gray Great Tit | Fire Crown or Red-headed Tit |
| Yellow-faced Tit | Red-bellied Tit | Black Tit |
| BUULBUULS | ||
| ash gray bulbul | himalayan black bulbul | white-throated bulbul |
| striped bulbul | red-bellied bulbul | white-faced bulbul |
| green-winged bulbul | red-bellied bulbul | black crested bulbul (photo) |
Black-crested Bulbul, bird from BhutanPhoto: JMGarg CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
| HONEY CLEANERS | ||
| yellow-backed honey-sucker | green-tailed honey sucker | red-eared honey sucker |
| banded spider hunter | little spider hunter | flea-tailed honey sucker |
| Gould's honey extractor | purple honey extractor | black-throated honey extractor |
| SPEAKS | ||
| magpie starling | great mania | oevermania |
| gray-headed starling | junglemania | starling |
| big beo | marbled starling | weeping mania |
| SWALOWS | ||
| Arabian House Martin | Indian Sand Martin | Red-rumped Swallow |
| pale sand martin | Nepalese house martin | rock martin |
| barn swallow | sand martin | |
| CRAZYBIRDS | ||
| small red lead bird | long-tailed red lead bird | large caterpillar bird |
| gray-throated red-throated redhead | scarlet red-lead bird | red redhead |
| short-billed redhead bird | pink red lead bird | |
| KINGFISHER | ||
| Blyth's kingfisher | kingfisher | smyrna kingfisher |
| pied kingfisher | jungledwarf kingfisher | black-capped kingfisher |
| Chinese giant kingfisher (photo) | ruddy kingfisher |
Chinese giant kingfisher, bird from BhutanPhoto: Public domain
| SWIFTS | ||
| alpine swift | large house swift | steKel-tailed Swift |
| Asian Palm Swift | Himalayan Swift | Black-backed Swift |
| Blyth's Swift | Siberian Swift | |
| PEVITS AND PLEATS | ||
| Indian lapwing | lapwing | Kentish Plover |
| Indian Spur Lapwing | Little Plover | |
| Mongolian plover | ||
| DRONGO'S | ||
| bronze drongo | king drongo | flag drongo |
| gray drongo | crow-billed drongo | |
| hair-crested drongo | spateldrongo | |
| SPECTACULARS | ||
| bearded meestimalia | Indian spectacled bird | spotted meestimalia |
| yellow-legged mosti malia | Red-bellied Meestimalia | |
| Striped Mostimalia | Red-headed Mostimalia | |
| BASTARDHONINGBIRDS | ||
| big-billed honeybird | green-gray honeybird | black-yellow honeybird |
| Yellow-billed honeybird | Indian honeybird | |
| spotted honeybird | redback honeybird (photo) |
Red-backed honeybird, Bhutan birdPhoto: Lip Kee Yap CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
| RALLS, COATS AND BOTTLES | ||
| brown spotted crake | gray-headed crimson | two-colored purple grouse |
| banded or bandral | boathead | white-breasted waterfowl |
| ASIAN BEARDBIRDS | ||
| blue-throated barbet | barred barbet | Great Barbet |
| Blue-eared Barbet | Golden-throated Barbet | Coppersmith |
| GULLS | ||
| slender-billed gull | giant black-headed gull | |
| PARROTS OLD WORLD | ||
| Alexander Parakeet | Gray-headed Parakeet | Collared Parakeet |
| blossom-headed parakeet | Great Alexander Parakeet | |
| VIREOS | ||
| Blyth's shrike timalia | green most malia (photo) | black-eared spectacled malia |
| green spectacled malia | black-headed shrike timalia | |
| LIONES | ||
| Bengal Lark | Little Skylark | Tibetan Lark |
| Short-toed Lark | ||
| HEGGENMUSSEN | ||
| Alpine hedge sparrow | striped hedge sparrow | robin hedge sparrow |
| brown hedge sparrow | himalayan hedge sparrow |
Green Most Malia, Bhutan BirdPhoto: Francesco Veronesi CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
| RHINES | ||
| pied hornbill (photo) | common yearbird | himalayan yearbird |
| double-horned hornbill | ||
| BEE EATERS | ||
| blueberry beeenterer | brown-headed bee-eater | little green bee-eater |
| SHROWERS | ||
| blue shrike | Himalayan Shrike | Long-tailed Shrike |
| brown-backed shrike | ||
| WHEELS AND FIG BIRDS | ||
| thin-billed oriole | Indian blood-oriole | black-headed oriole |
| Indian Oriole | ||
| TREE CUTTERS | ||
| Cinnamon Belly Nuthatch | Splendid Nuthatch | white-tailed nuthatch |
| feathered-tailed nuthatch | ||
| ACROCEPHALIDAE | ||
| Reed Warbler | Small Mockingbird | Long Reed Warbler |
| Indian Reed Warbler | ||
| LOCUSTELLIDAE | ||
| brown shrub warbler | spotted shrub warbler | Mandell's shrub warbler |
| striped grassbird |
Pied Hornbill, Bhutanese birdPhoto: John J. Mosesso in the public domain
| BARGAINS | ||
| dwarf bunting | mask bunting | stone orotolan |
| crested bunting | ||
| killers | grebe | black-necked grebe |
| SCHOLARS | ||
| Cormorant | Indian Cormorant | Indian Cormorant |
| CRANES | ||
| Damselfly Crane | Crane | Black Necked Crane (photo) |
| NIGHTMARKES | ||
| gray nightjar | Horsfields nightjar | savannah nightjar |
| SPARROWS | ||
| House Sparrow | Ring Sparrow | Red-headed Sparrow |
| WEAVERS | ||
| baya weaver | Finns baya weaver | |
| Bishop or Woolneck Stork | Black Stork | |
| CLUTS | ||
| Avocet | Black-winged Avocet |
Black-necked crane, rare in BhutanPhoto: Eric Savage CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
| BATTLE QUILTS | ||
| Chinese buttonquail | black-throated quail | |
| TTROGONS | ||
| redhead trogon | Wards trogon | |
| SCHARRELAARS | ||
| dollar bird | Indian roller | |
| BROADBACKS AND BIRDS | ||
| parrot broadbill | brow broadbill | |
| PITTA'S | ||
| blue-necked pitta | hooded or black-headed pitta | |
| VANGA'S | ||
| Great-legged Shrike | motley dwarf thriller | |
| MONARCHES AND FAN-TAIL CATCHERS | ||
| blackneck monarch | Indian paradise monarch | |
| STENOSTITIDAE | ||
| yellow-bellied fan tail | gray-headed flycatcher | |
| TAIL TITS | ||
| Brown-breasted Long-tailed Tit | Red-crowned Long-tailed Tit | |
| REAL TREE CREAMS | ||
| brown-throated creeper | Hodgson's tree creeper | Nepalese tree creeper |
| WATER SPREADS | ||
| water starling | black water starling | |
| PNOEPYGIDAE | ||
| mospnoepyga | schubborstpnoepyga | |
| LEAFS | ||
| gold forehead leafbird | orange bellied leaf bird | |
| BEAUTIFUL FINCHES | ||
| nutmegs | Spit-tailed Bronzed Man | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| Osprey | Crowned Swift | White-throated Fan Tail |
| Indian stone curlew | hop | rock creeper |
| ibissnavel | himalayan honeyguide | Wren |
| bronze-winged jacana | gray woodbird | goldencrest |
| lesser fork-tailed plover | common iora (photo) | blackbird |
| Indian blueback | elachura |
Common iora, Bhutan birdPhoto: Lip Kee Yap CC 2.0 Generic no changes made
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