Cheer Pheasant
The cheer pheasant is distributed in the highlands and scrublands of the Himalaya, in India, Nepal, Kashmir and Pakistan, mainly above 1,800m, and up to 3,000m during the summer. Both the male and fem
White-crested Kaleej
The white-crested kaleej can be found in small numbers below 2,000m, from the western Himalaya to western Nepal. The male is chicken-like, with black-and-white plumage, a red face and a white crest. T
Koklass
The koklass is an elusive, medium-sized bird, confined to high-altitude forest from Afghanistan across India to central Nepal, and northeastern Tibet to northern and eastern China. Like the western tr
Monal
The male monal was formerly under heavy hunting pressure for its crest feathers, which were used to ornament the hats of Himachali men until 1982, when legal hunting was banned in the state.
Western Tragopan
The upper part of GHNP’s forest zone holds the world’s largest known population of western tragopan, which prefers a habitat of ringal (dwarf) bamboo beneath dense forest. Immature males re