Fauna

Fauna of Uttarakhand Mammals to be seen below the Tree-Line Popular Name Rhesus Macaque Assamese Macaque Langur Monkey Asiatic Jackal Common Red Fox Asiatic or Himalayan Black Bear Yellow-throated Marten Common Palm Civet The Himalayan Palm Civet Goral Sambar Barking deer Indian Hare Indian Crested Porcupine Zoological Name Macaca mulatta Macaca assamensis Presbytis entellus Canis aureus Vulpes vulpesmontana Selenorctos thibetanus Martos flavigula Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Paguma larvata Nemoraheadus goral Cirvus unicolor Muntiacus muntjak Lepus nigricolis Hystrix indica

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Mammals to be seen above the Tree-Line Popular Name The Hill fox Snow Leopard The Himalayan Black Deer The Brown Bear The Ibex The Serow The Himalayan Tahr The Bharal or Blue Sheep Zoological Name Vulpus Montana Panthera uncia Selenorctos thibetanus Ursus arctos Capra ibex Capricomis sumatraensis Hemitragus jemlahicus Pseudois nayaur

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BIRDS Popular Name Carrion Crow Red Billed Blue Magpie Himalayan Tree Pie Red Crowned Jay Himalayan Nutcraker Red/Yellow Billed Chough Grey Tit Green-backed tit Black Tit Brown Crested Tit Yellow Checked Tit Brooks Nuthatch White Tailed Nuthatch Velvet Fronted Nuthatch White Crested Laughing Thrush White Throated Laughing Thrush Streaked Laughing Thrush Striated Laughing Thrush Spotted Babbler Pekin Robin Orange Bellied Chloropsis Silvered Eared Mesia White Checked Bulbul Himalayan Tree-Creeper Kashimiri Dipper Indian blue Chat Pied Bush Chat Dark-Grey Bush Chat Spotted Forktail White Capped Redstart Plumbeous Redstart Himalayan Rubythroat Shama Ground Thrush Mountain Thrush Blue Headed Rock Thrush Whistling Thrush Rofous-Breasted Hedge-Sparrow White Browed Blue Flycatcher White Bellied Blue Flycatcher Verditer Flycatcher Refous-Tailed Flycatcher Grey-Headed Flycatcher Rufous-Bellied Niltava Paradise Flycatcher White Throated Fantail Flycatcher Black-Headed Shrike Short Bellied Minivet Grey Drongo Red-Headed Fantail Warbler Tickell’s warbler Large Crowned Willow Warbler Grey-Headed Flycatcher Warbler Brown Hill-Warbler Golden Orirole Jungle Myna Himalayan Greenfinch Cinnamon Tree-Sparrow Meadow Bunting Crested Bunting Common Sallow White-Eye Scaly-Bellied Green Woodpecker Himalayan Pied Woodpecker Slaty-Headed Parakeet Blue-Beared Bee-Eater Alpine Swift Long Tailed Nightjar Forest Eagle-Owl Spotted Scops Owl Himalayan Bared Owlet Shahin Falcon Himalayan Golden Eagle Wedge-Trailed Green Pigeon Snow Pigeon Rufous Turtle-Dove White Crested Kaleej Pheasant Chukor-Meisner Monal Pheasant Zoological Name Corvos corone orientallis Urocissa erythrorhyncha Dendrocitta formosae Garrulus bispecularis Nucifraga carocatactes Pyrrhocorax graculus Parus major Parus monticolus Lophophanes rofunuchalis Lophophanes dishrous Machlolophus xanthogenys Sitta kasmiriensis Sitta himalayansis Sitta frontails Garrulax leucolophus Garrulax albogularis Trochalopteron lineatum Grammatoptila striata Pellorneum ruficeps Leiothrix lutea Chloropsis hardwickii Mesia argentauris Molpastes leucogenys Certhia himalayana Cinclus cinclus Luscinia brunnea Saxicola caprata Rhodophila ferrea Enicurus maculates Chaimarronis leucocephalus Rhyacornis fuliginosus Calliope pectoralis Kittacincla malabarica Geokichala citrina Oreocincla dauma Monticola cinclorhyncha Myiophoneus careuleus Prunella strophiata muscicapula superciliaris Muscicapula pallipes Eumyias thalassina Alseonax ruficaudus Culicicapa ceylonensis Niltava sundara Techitrea paradisi Khipidura albicollis Lanius nigriceps Pericrocotus brevirostris Dicrurus longlcaudatus Cisticola exilis erythrocephale  willow Phylloscopus affinis Phylloscopus occipitallis Seicercus xanthoschisos Suya criniger Orilus oriolus Aethiopsar fuscus Hypacanthis spinoides Passer Rutilans Emberiza cia (Stracheyi) Melophus lathami Hirundo rustica Zosterops palpebrosa Picus squamatus Dryobates himalayansis Psittacula himalayana Alcemerops athertoni Apus melba Caprimulgus macrourus Huhua nipalensis Otus spilocephaylus Glaucidium cuculoides Falco peregrinus peregrinator Aquila chrysaetos Sphenocercus sphenures Columba leuconota Streptopelia orientails Gennaeus hamiltoni Alectoris graeca Lophophorus imepjanus

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Butterflies Popular name Indian Fritillar Peacock Panzy Blue Peacock Great Orangetip Paris Peacock Red-base Jezebe Plain Tiger Red lacewing Yellow Pansy Tawny Rajah Red-Helen Scientific name Argynnis hyperbiu Precis almana Papilo arctrus Hebomia glaucippe Papilo Paris Delias chrysippus Danais chrysippus Cathosia biblis Percis hierta Charaxes polyxena Papilio helenus Description Brown, spotted Golden brown with large spots Black jet like shape with blue shade & red spots Half white and half brown wings Brown with feather like shades in white, yellow and red Brown with white spotted dots in black border. Bright brown with dark brown lace fringe Brown with four large yellow patches Dark brown tipped outer wing with middle white and inner light brown zones Reddish brown with one brown polka dot. Silvery bands in the under wing Where it found In open areas in hills Low moist areas Cold temperate forest regions Indian peninsular region and lower Himalayas Evergreen forest clearings High altitude shrubs and trees Foot-hills of Garhwal Himalaya and Nepal Dry low lying areas, hot and sunny Peninsular regions and Siwalik ranges. All along the Himalayan range