Pygmy Cupwing
Photo © Ben Costamagna
Photo © Ben Costamagna — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #331151145The pygmy cupwing (Pnoepyga pusilla) or pygmy wren-babbler, is a species of bird in the Pnoepyga wren-babblers family, Pnoepygidae. It is found in southern and eastern Asia from the Himalayas to the Lesser Sunda Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Langtang National Park
Helambu, Nepal
+364 birds+14 mammals
Where the southern slopes of the Himalayan highlands descend toward the subtropical valleys of central Nepal, Langtang National Park sprawls across one of the subcontinent's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhangchendzonga National Park
Sakkyong, India
+290 birds+1 mammals
Where the eastern Himalayas surge toward their crowning peaks, Khangchendzonga National Park embraces a landscape of almost overwhelming vertical drama. Rising from subtropical river valleys into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWulingyuan
Jundiping, China
+97 birds+3 mammals
Sandstone peaks erupting from forested valleys define this sprawling 993-square-kilometre national park in Hunan Province, where vertical cliffs rise dramatically above lush subtropical woodland. The landscape—a…
VIEW NATURAL MONUMENTGiant Panda National Park
Mianyang, China
+447 birds+47 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKaziranga National Park
Kohora, India
+422 birds+26 mammals
Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of northeastern Assam is a mosaic of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTaman Negara National Park
Kampong Samas, Malaysia
+393 birds+48 mammals
Where ancient rainforest meets limestone peaks, one of Southeast Asia's oldest protected wilderness preserves sprawls across 4,343 square kilometers of primordial landscape. Dipterocarp giants tower overhead,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Ciremai National Park
Majalengka, Indonesia
+116 birds+1 mammals
Volcanic slopes rise sharply from West Java's interior, where Gunung Ciremai's 3,078-metre summit dominates a landscape carved by geological upheaval and shaped by equatorial monsoon rainfall.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Merbabu National Park
Magelang, Indonesia
+61 birds+2 mammals
Where volcanic slopes rise sharply from the plateau of Central Java, Gunung Merbabu National Park encompasses nearly 200 square kilometers of montane forest that transitions through…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Merapi National Park
Hargobinangun, Indonesia
+150 birds+3 mammals
Where the volcanic slopes of central Java rise into mist and montane forest, Mount Merapi National Park guards one of Indonesia's most dynamic landscapes. Spanning roughly…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBatang Gadis National Park
Mandailing Natal, Indonesia
+16 birds
Steep ridges and river valleys carved through North Sumatra's equatorial interior define Batang Gadis National Park, where monsoon forests cloak almost 3,960 square kilometers of mountainous…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMutis Timau National Park
Timor Tengah Selatan, Indonesia
+77 birds
Where the volcanic highlands of Timor Tengah Selatan rise above the surrounding lowlands, Mutis Timau National Park unfolds across approximately 224 square kilometres of mountain forest…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKerinci Seblat National Park
Kerinci, Indonesia
+228 birds+16 mammals
Across nearly 67,000 square kilometres of Sumatra's spine, a mountainous realm of equatorial rainforest rises from steaming lowlands to volcanic peaks shrouded in cloud. Kerinci Seblat…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWuyishan National Park
Yanshan County, China
+141 birds+2 mammals
Where subtropical monsoon rains sustain a perpetually humid landscape, Wuyishan National Park rises from Fujian's eastern plateau as a realm of forested ridges, cascading streams, and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWolong National Nature Reserve
Wenchuan County, China
+333 birds+17 mammals
Where the Qingyi River cuts through the eastern flanks of the Minshan Range, a temperate montane forest cloaks steep valleys in dense canopy that thins dramatically…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEGaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China
+443 birds+13 mammals
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