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Birding In Corbet National Park
Situated at the foothills of himalayas, corbet National Park is India's oldest Tiger Reserve. The National park has got a wide range of habitate with the altitude of of 400 m to 1200 m. The forest is the mixtures of plains and sub himalayans habitats. The primary forest is Sal. The life line of the National park is Ramganga Resivior. The avi-fauna of Corbet region is around 400 species and is the probably one of the best places for birding in India. The best time to visit Corbet Ntaional park is from late november to february. Although summer also offers a good birding. Common birds during summers are Indian Pitta, Rosymini white, Organge headed thrush, blue throated blue fly catcher, cuckoos, pale footed bush warbler.
Atleast 5 to 6 das birding trip is recommended at Corbet areas. Total area of national park is 1200 sq. kms having habitats likes grass lands, sal forest, sub himalayan forest, and Ramganga Resivior which is an excellent place for water birds and crocodials. Corbet is best known for its tigersand is an excellent forest for large mammals like Spotted deer, samber, wild boar, hog deer, barking deer, tiger, leopard, big cats, rhesus macaques, grey langur, common indian mongoose, jackle, yellow throated martin jungle & leopard cats, masked palm civtes, dhole,black napped hare, sloth bear, goral, muggers, gharials and many more ...
The birds found around corbet national parks are Small Praticole, Great Thick Knee, River Lapwing, Ashy Crowned Sparrow, Plain Martin, Plumbeous and White Capped Water Redstart, Jungle owlet, Gold fronted leafbird, Himalayan Bulbul, Grey headed canary flycatcher, grey breasted and plain prinias, ume's warbler, Siberian Rubythroat, Pied & Grey Bushcat, Otiental Darter, Black crowned night Heron, wolly necked, Black (W) and Black necked storkd, Ruddy shelduck, Common Merganser, Brahminy Kite, white tailed eagle, Grey headed and leeser Fish Eagle, Oriental hobby, Crested kingfisher, rosy pipit, emerald dove, Alexandrine, red breasted, plum headed and slaty headed Parakeets, Asian Barred & white rumped needletail, crested treeswift, oriental pied and Great Hornbills, blue throated Barbet, Speckled Piculet, Lesser & yellownaps, Himalayas & Greater Flamebacks, Indian Pitta Maroon & Black headed Orioles, greater Racket - tailed and spangled Drongos, Himalayan swiftlet, Alpine Swift, Eurasian wryneck, woodpecker, Ashy woodswallow, flycatcher, Blyth's Reed, Dusky, tickell's leaf, hume's, lemon -0 rumped and bar tailed treecreeper, Blue rock thrush, blue whistling thrush, Oriental skylark, yellow eyed babbler, Ashy primnia, common stonechat, paddyfield Apipit, black throated & baya weaver and creasted and chestnut eared bunting, Himalayan griffons, gtreat barbet, maroon oriole, long tailed Minivet, Brown eared and Black Bulbuls, white brown scimitarbabbler, scaly breasted wren babbler, silver eyed mesia, blacklored & black throated tits, Great barbet, greytreepie, bar winged flycatcher, orange bellied & gold fronted leafbird, black bulbul, rusty cheeked vscitmitar babbler, little pied & slaty blue fly catcher, rufous bellied niltava, oriental honey buzzard, white eyed, common & long lebilled & red headed vultures, short toed snake, black, lesser spotted, greater spotted, steppe, imperial bonnelli's, booted eagles, mountain hawk eagles and many more... |
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