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BHUTAN LIFE EXPOSURE TOURS AND TREK 原味不丹旅行社 BIRD WATCHING TOUR IN BHUTAN Bhutan has 72 % landscape under the cover of vegetation. And this rich, diverse forest is the home to many forms of lives, including the rare and endangered bird species like White Bellied Heron and Black Necked Crane. Bhutan is a paradise for bird lovers and ornithologists. Over 670 species of birds have been recorded and many more are yet to be discovered. Around 50 species of the known birds are winter migrants. These include ducks, waders, birds of prey, thrushes, finches and buntings. The partial migrants to Bhutan include cuckoos, swifts, bee- eaters, warblers and flycatchers. The country harbors more than 16 species of vulnerable birds. They are the Pallas’s Fish Eagle, White bellied Heron, Satyr Tragopan, Gray-bellied Tragopan, Ward’s Trogon, Blyth’s King Fisher, Yellow-rumped Honey Guide, Rufous Throated Wren Babbler, Chestnut-breasted Partridge. Bhutan is home to many species of birds that are in danger of extinction, including the Imperial Heron, which is one of the fifty rarest birds in the world and the rare Black-Necked Crane, which breeds in Tibet and then migrates over the Himalayas to Bhutan during the winter months. The Cranes can be spotted in Phobjikha Valley in Western Bhutan, Bumthang in Central Bhutan and in Bomdeling in Eastern Bhutan. They migrate to these winter roosting sites in the months of September and October and fly back to Tibet between February and March. OUR BIRDING TOUR PACKAGE Bhutan Life Exposure Tours and Trek is offering the very exciting Birding Tour to all the clients who have passion for bird photography and birding. As Bhutan is blessed with various rare and endangered birds species, Bhutan Life Exposure Tours and Trek is taking every possible effort offer the right opportunities to our clients catch close glimpse of Bird. The unique thing about our package from other tour package is we have professional birding guide, who are well aware about the birds of Bhutan. They are expert enough to get to the place on right time when birds are out, which place to select at what time. This ultimately is the advantage for our clients while birding. CHECK THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF BIRDS OF BHUTAN Baer’s Pochard Lesser Fish-eagle Beautiful Palla’s Fish-eagle Nuthatch Pallid Harrier Black-necked Stork Rufous-necked Hornbill Blackish-breasted Babbler Rufous-throated Wren-babbler Blyth’s Kingfisher Satyr Tragopan Chestnut-breasted Partridge Ward’s Trogon Dark-rumped Swift White-rumped Vulture Eurasian Curlew White-throated Bushcat Eurasian Peregrine Falcon Gray-crowned Prinia Ferruginous Duck Great Hornbill CONTACT US Mobile: 00975-17116563, Office Phone: 00975-2-333935, Email: [email protected], Wechat ID: bletours Whatsapp: 00975-77116563, Facebook: BhutanLifeExposure, Instagram: BhutanLifeExposure Website: www.bletour.com .

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Distribution Ecology, Habitat Use and Conservation of Chestnut-Breasted Partridge in Thrumshingla National Park
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