Langtang National Park

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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 dramatic elevation gradients. Rising from roughly 1,400 metres in the Helambu region to alpine peaks exceeding 7,200 metres, the park orchestrates a symphony of distinct ecological zones across a relatively compact area. Tropical and subtropical forests give way to temperate woodlands of oak and rhododendron, which in turn surrender to subalpine shrublands and finally to barren alpine terrain where hardy grasses and lichens cling to stone. This vertical mosaic supports an extraordinary diversity of wildlife—from small forest mammals and ground-dwelling birds in the lower forests, to mountain-adapted ungulates and birds of prey in the high pastures and ridges. Streams cascade through deep gorges lined with ferns and moss-draped conifers, nurturing populations of fish-eating birds and water-dependent mammals. The park's position along the central Himalayan axis makes it both a year-round sanctuary for resident species and a crucial stopover for migratory songbirds and raptors that follow ancient routes between the Indian plains and the Tibetan plateau.

Website ntb.gov.np/langtang-national-park

Himalayan Monal

Lophophorus impejanus

Tragopan satyra

Saxicola ferreus

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa flavirostris

Rufous-vented Yuhina

Yuhina occipitalis

Yellow-bellied Fantail

Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus

Long-tailed Shrike

Black-faced Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron affine

Rufous-vented Tit

Periparus rubidiventris

White-tailed Nuthatch

Sitta himalayensis

Rufous-fronted Bushtit

Aegithalos iouschistos

Oriental Turtle Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

Columba leuconota

Pyrrhocorax graculus

Tibetan Snowcock

Tetraogallus tibetanus

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker

Dendrocopos hyperythrus

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Grey-crested Tit

Lophophanes dichrous

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Black-throated Bushtit

Aegithalos concinnus

Southern Nutcracker

Nucifraga hemispila

Speckled Wood Pigeon

Columba hodgsonii

Darjeeling Woodpecker

Dendrocopos darjellensis

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker

Picus squamatus

Lophura leucomelanos

Hodgson's Treecreeper

Certhia hodgsoni

Rusty-flanked Treecreeper

Certhia nipalensis

Troglodytes troglodytes

Ithaginis cruentus

Golden-throated Barbet

Psilopogon franklinii

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Treron sphenurus

Psilopogon virens

Falco tinnunculus

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Siberian Stonechat

Saxicola maurus

Lemon-rumped Warbler

Phylloscopus chloronotus

Tickell's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus affinis

Ashy-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Plumbeous Water Redstart

Phoenicurus fuliginosus

Blyth's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus reguloides

Dicrurus leucophaeus

Bar-throated Minla

Actinodura strigula

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Anthus roseatus

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus

Rufous-bellied Niltava

Niltava sundara

Grey-winged Blackbird

Turdus boulboul

Aberrant Bush Warbler

Horornis flavolivaceus

Grandala coelicolor

Indian Blue Robin

Larvivora brunnea

Himalayan Swiftlet

Aerodramus brevirostris

Cuculus canorus

White-bellied Redstart

Luscinia phaenicuroides

Nepal House Martin

Delichon nipalense

Large Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx sparverioides

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

Lalage melaschistos

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus castaniceps

Buff-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus pulcher

Blue-capped Rock Thrush

Monticola cinclorhyncha

Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassinus

Whiskered Yuhina

Yuhina flavicollis

Streaked Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron lineatum

Variegated Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron variegatum

Himalayan Bulbul

Pycnonotus leucogenys

Heterophasia capistrata

Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus

Stripe-throated Yuhina

Green Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

Motacilla cinerea

Blue-fronted Redstart

Phoenicurus frontalis

White-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus leucocephalus

Whistler's Warbler

Phylloscopus whistleri

White-throated Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus albogularis

Grey-backed Shrike

Lanius tephronotus

Green-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga nipalensis

Dark-breasted Rosefinch

Procarduelis nipalensis

Spotted Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla ocellata

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Cettia castaneocoronata

Hoary-throated Barwing

Actinodura nipalensis

White-browed Fulvetta

Fulvetta vinipectus

Rufous-breasted Accentor

Prunella strophiata

Fire-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga ignicauda

Geokichla wardii

Tickell's Thrush

Turdus unicolor

Alpine Accentor

Prunella collaris

Grey-hooded Warbler

Phylloscopus xanthoschistos

Himalayan Prinia

Prinia crinigera

Pink-browed Rosefinch

Carpodacus rodochroa

Red-headed Bullfinch

Pyrrhula erythrocephala

Golden Bush Robin

Tarsiger chrysaeus

White-collared Blackbird

Turdus albocinctus

Grey-sided Bush Warbler

Cettia brunnifrons

Collared Grosbeak

Mycerobas affinis

Striated Laughingthrush

Grammatoptila striata

Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch

Carpodacus pulcherrimus

Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch

Carpodacus thura

Brown Bullfinch

Pyrrhula nipalensis

Yellow-breasted Greenfinch

Chloris spinoides

White-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas carnipes

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus

Spot-winged Rosefinch

Carpodacus rodopeplus

Plain Mountain Finch

Leucosticte nemoricola

Red-fronted Rosefinch

Carpodacus puniceus

Spotted Forktail

Enicurus maculatus

Prunella himalayana

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Little Forktail

Enicurus scouleri

Himalayan Vulture

Gyps himalayensis

Black-faced Warbler

Abroscopus schisticeps

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

White-browed Bush Robin

Tarsiger indicus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocotus speciosus

Himalayan Black-lored Tit

Machlolophus xanthogenys

Scaly Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron subunicolor

Long-tailed Thrush

Zoothera dixoni

Cuculus poliocephalus

Scaly-breasted Cupwing

Pnoepyga albiventer

Niltava macgrigoriae

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris

Tadorna ferruginea

Black Francolin

Francolinus francolinus

Himalayan Cuckoo

Cuculus saturatus

Columba rupestris

Ashy Wood Pigeon

Columba pulchricollis

Spilopelia chinensis

Crested Honey Buzzard

Pernis ptilorhynchus

Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilornis cheela

Ictinaetus malaiensis

Aquila chrysaetos

Bonelli's Eagle

Aquila fasciata

Himalayan Buzzard

Brown-fronted Woodpecker

Dendrocoptes auriceps

Crimson-naped Woodpecker

Dryobates cathpharius

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Oriolus traillii

White-throated Fantail

Rhipidura albicollis

Dendrocitta formosae

Corvus splendens

Yellow-browed Tit

Sylviparus modestus

Red-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus cafer

Asian House Martin

Delichon dasypus

Yellow-bellied Warbler

Abroscopus superciliaris

Phylloscopus fuligiventer

Green-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus burkii

Western Crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus occipitalis

Great Parrotbill

Paradoxornis aemodius

Fulvous Parrotbill

Suthora fulvifrons

Indian White-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus

Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus superciliaris

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus ruficollis

Rufous-winged Fulvetta

Schoeniparus castaneceps

Red-billed Leiothrix

Leiothrix lutea

Zoothera mollissima

Black-throated Thrush

Turdus atrogularis

Red-throated Thrush

Turdus ruficollis

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

Pale Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis unicolor

Himalayan Rubythroat

Calliope pectoralis

Slaty-blue Flycatcher

Ficedula tricolor

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Ficedula hyperythra

Rufous-breasted Bush Robin

Tarsiger hyperythrus

Blue-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus coeruleocephala

White-throated Redstart

Phoenicurus schisticeps

Hodgson's Redstart

Phoenicurus hodgsoni

Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius

Mrs. Gould's Sunbird

Aethopyga gouldiae

Black-throated Sunbird

Aethopyga saturata

Prunella rubeculoides

Maroon-backed Accentor

Prunella immaculata

Spot-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas melanozanthos

Golden-naped Finch

Pyrrhoplectes epauletta

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

Carpodacus sipahi

Great Rosefinch

Carpodacus rubicilla

Crimson-browed Finch

Carpodacus subhimachalus

Loxia curvirostra

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Northern Pintail

Arborophila torqueola

Tibetan Partridge

Perdix hodgsoniae

Caprimulgus jotaka

Tachymarptis melba

Apus nipalensis

Centropus sinensis

Eudynamys scolopaceus

Grey-bellied Cuckoo

Cacomantis passerinus

Common Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx varius

Cuculus micropterus

Barred Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia unchall

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

Treron phoenicopterus

White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Vanellus duvaucelii

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Egretta garzetta

Indian Pond Heron

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Changeable Hawk-Eagle

Nisaetus cirrhatus

Hieraaetus pennatus

Aquila nipalensis

Long-legged Buzzard

Buteo hemilasius

Taenioptynx brodiei

Asian Barred Owlet

Glaucidium cuculoides

Mountain Scops Owl

Otus spilocephalus

Strix nivicolum

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Common Kingfisher

Crested Kingfisher

Megaceryle lugubris

Pied Kingfisher

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Merops leschenaulti

Lineated Barbet

Psilopogon lineatus

Blue-throated Barbet

Psilopogon asiaticus

Yellow-rumped Honeyguide

Indicator xanthonotus

Speckled Piculet

Picumnus innominatus

Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos macei

Himalayan Woodpecker

Dendrocopos himalayensis

Greater Yellownape

Chrysophlegma flavinucha

Blythipicus pyrrhotis

Rufous Woodpecker

Micropternus brachyurus

Slaty-headed Parakeet

Psittacula himalayana

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Hemipus picatus

Ashy Woodswallow

Aegithina tiphia

Short-billed Minivet

Pericrocotus brevirostris

Oriental Cuckooshrike

Coracina javensis

Black-eared Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius melanotis

White-bellied Erpornis

Erpornis zantholeuca

Black-hooded Oriole

Oriolus xanthornus

Indian Golden Oriole

Dicrurus aeneus

Dicrurus macrocercus

Black-headed Jay

Garrulus lanceolatus

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythroryncha

Dendrocitta vagabunda

Fire-capped Tit

Cephalopyrus flammiceps

Rufous-naped Tit

Periparus rufonuchalis

Oriental Skylark

Eremophila alpestris

Hume's Short-toed Lark

Calandrella acutirostris

Striated Bulbul

Alcurus striatus

Hemixos flavala

Mountain Bulbul

Ixos mcclellandii

Grey-throated Martin

Riparia chinensis

Eurasian Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Hirundo rustica

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

Pnoepyga pusilla

Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Horornis fortipes

Hume's Bush Warbler

Horornis brunnescens

Grey-bellied Tesia

Tesia cyaniventer

Hume's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

Phylloscopus fuscatus

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Grey-breasted Prinia

Prinia hodgsonii

Prinia socialis

Common Tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius

Fire-tailed Myzornis

Myzornis pyrrhoura

Black-throated Parrotbill

Suthora nipalensis

Black-chinned Babbler

Cyanoderma pyrrhops

White-browed Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus schisticeps

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler

Erythrogenys erythrogenys

Grey-throated Babbler

Stachyris nigriceps

Puff-throated Babbler

Pellorneum ruficeps

Alcippe nipalensis

Himalayan Cutia

Cutia nipalensis

Blue-winged Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron squamatum

Blue-winged Minla

Actinodura cyanouroptera

Red-tailed Minla

Minla ignotincta

Turdoides nipalensis

Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush

Garrulax monileger

White-crested Laughingthrush

Garrulax leucolophus

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla rufogularis

Grey-sided Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus caerulatus

Regulus regulus

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Sitta frontalis

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch

Sitta cinnamoventris

Bar-tailed Treecreeper

Certhia himalayana

Sikkim Treecreeper

Certhia discolor

Common Hill Myna

Gracula religiosa

Acridotheres fuscus

Acridotheres tristis

Chestnut-tailed Starling

Sturnia malabarica

Long-billed Thrush

Zoothera monticola

Dark-sided Thrush

Zoothera marginata

Tibetan Blackbird

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Muscicapa dauurica

Niltava grandis

Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis rubeculoides

White-tailed Robin

Myiomela leucura

Black-backed Forktail

Enicurus immaculatus

Slaty-backed Forktail

Enicurus schistaceus

Himalayan Shortwing

Brachypteryx cruralis

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula erithacus

Little Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula westermanni

Taiga Flycatcher

Ficedula albicilla

Güldenstädt's Redstart

Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

Saxicola caprata

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

Golden-fronted Leafbird

Chloropsis aurifrons

Orange-bellied Leafbird

Chloropsis hardwickii

Plain Flowerpecker

Dicaeum minullum

Cinnyris asiaticus

Crimson Sunbird

Aethopyga siparaja

Passer cinnamomeus

Passer domesticus

Scaly-breasted Munia

Lonchura punctulata

White-rumped Munia

Lonchura striata

Prunella fulvescens

Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Citrine Wagtail

Motacilla citreola

White-browed Wagtail

Motacilla maderaspatensis

Paddyfield Pipit

Anthus trivialis

Anthus sylvanus

Streaked Rosefinch

Carpodacus rubicilloides

Dark-rumped Rosefinch

Carpodacus edwardsii

Linaria flavirostris

Red-fronted Serin

Serinus pusillus

Crested Bunting

Emberiza lathami

Emberiza pusilla

Bar-headed Goose

Himalayan Snowcock

Tetraogallus himalayensis

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola

Gallinago nemoricola

Cinereous Vulture

Aegypius monachus

Plum-headed Parakeet

Psittacula cyanocephala

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus remifer

Hair-crested Drongo

Dicrurus hottentottus

Blyth's Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus ruficollis

Eurasian Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Brandt's Mountain Finch

Leucosticte brandti

Grey-crowned Goldfinch

Carduelis caniceps

Spinus thibetanus

Yellow-breasted Bunting

Emberiza aureola

Hemitragus jemlahicus

Siberian Weasel

Mustela sibirica

Asian Black Bear

Ursus thibetanus

Yellow-bellied Weasel

Mustela kathiah

Capricornis sumatraensis

Nepal Sacred Langur

Semnopithecus schistaceus

Northern Red Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis

Ochotona roylii

Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel

Dremomys lokriah

Yellow-throated Marten

Martes flavigula

Assamese Macaque

Macaca assamensis

Western Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

Himalayan Musk-deer

Moschus leucogaster

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