Langtang National Park

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Where the Himalayas rise in a tumultuous embrace of rock and forest, pristine valleys carved by glacial melt create one of Asia's most dramatic mountain sanctuaries. Steep ridges ascend through multiple ecological zones, from subtropical lowlands dense with sal and rhododendron forests to alpine meadows where dwarf bamboo persists above the treeline. The park's terrain is a study in vertical wilderness, where elevation changes of several thousand metres compress entire ecosystems into intimate proximity. Cascading rivers slice through gorges rimmed with fir, spruce, and oak, while hidden glades harbor delicate orchids and ferns that thrive in the mist-laden air.

This is sacred ground for those who chase snow leopards, red pandas, and the elusive musk deer through high-altitude passes. Golden eagles and Himalayan monals patrol the open heights during spring and autumn, when crystalline light transforms the landscape into a photographer's dream. Accessibility via trekking routes means intimate encounters are possible without the infrastructure of larger parks, while the compressed habitat diversity ensures that patient observers witness an extraordinary spectrum of mountain fauna within a single expedition.

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

Saxicola ferreus

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

Bisbita de Hodgson

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa flavirostris

Urraca Piquigualda

Rufous-vented Yuhina

Yuhina occipitalis

Yuhina Ventrirrufa

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron erythrocephalum

Charlatán coronicastaño

Yellow-bellied Fantail

Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus

Papamoscas Ventrigualdo

Long-tailed Shrike

Alcaudón schach

Black-faced Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron affine

Charlatán carinegro

Rufous-vented Tit

Periparus rubidiventris

Carbonero Culirrufo

White-tailed Nuthatch

Sitta himalayensis

Trepador del Himalaya

Carbonero Garrapinos

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

Rufous-fronted Bushtit

Aegithalos iouschistos

Oriental Turtle Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

Tórtola oriental

Columba leuconota

Pyrrhocorax graculus

Chova Piquigualda

Tibetan Snowcock

Tetraogallus tibetanus

Perdigallo Tibetano

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker

Dendrocopos hyperythrus

Pico Ventrirrufo

Himalayan Monal

Lophophorus impejanus

Monal Colirrojo

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Carbonero Dorsiverde

Grey-crested Tit

Lophophanes dichrous

Herrerillo crestigrís

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Chova Piquirroja

Black-throated Bushtit

Aegithalos concinnus

Mito gorjinegro común

Southern Nutcracker

Nucifraga hemispila

Cascanueces sureño

Speckled Wood Pigeon

Columba hodgsonii

Paloma de Hodgson

Darjeeling Woodpecker

Dendrocopos darjellensis

Pico de Darjeeling

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker

Picus squamatus

Lophura leucomelanos

Hodgson's Treecreeper

Certhia hodgsoni

Agateador de Hodgson

Rusty-flanked Treecreeper

Certhia nipalensis

Agateador nepalés

Troglodytes troglodytes

Chochín paleártico

Ithaginis cruentus

Faisán ensangrentado

Golden-throated Barbet

Psilopogon franklinii

Barbudo de Franklin

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Treron sphenurus

Vinago rabocuña

Psilopogon virens

Falco tinnunculus

Cernícalo vulgar

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Gorrión molinero

Siberian Stonechat

Saxicola maurus

Tarabilla Siberiana

Lemon-rumped Warbler

Phylloscopus chloronotus

Mosquitero Dorsiclaro

Tickell's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus affinis

Mosquitero de Tickell

Ashy-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Mosquitero gorjigrís

Plumbeous Water Redstart

Phoenicurus fuliginosus

Colirrojo Fuliginoso

Blyth's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus reguloides

Mosquitero de Blyth

Dicrurus leucophaeus

Bar-throated Minla

Actinodura strigula

Minla colicastaña

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Mosquitero Verdoso

Anthus roseatus

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus

Picaflores Pechofuego

Rufous-bellied Niltava

Niltava sundara

Papamoscas Sundara

Grey-winged Blackbird

Turdus boulboul

Aberrant Bush Warbler

Horornis flavolivaceus

Cetia Verdiamarillo

Grandala coelicolor

Zorzal Grandala

Indian Blue Robin

Larvivora brunnea

Ruiseñor indio

Himalayan Swiftlet

Aerodramus brevirostris

Salangana del Himalaya

Cuculus canorus

White-bellied Redstart

Luscinia phaenicuroides

Colirrojo Ventriblanco

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Ficedula superciliaris

Papamoscas Ultramarino

Nepal House Martin

Delichon nipalense

Large Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx sparverioides

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

Lalage melaschistos

Oruguero Alinegro

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

Mosquitero Picudo

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

Papamoscas Gorjirrojo

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus castaniceps

Mosquitero coronicastaño

Buff-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus pulcher

Mosquitero Elegante

Blue-capped Rock Thrush

Monticola cinclorhyncha

Roquero Capiazul

Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassinus

Papamoscas verdín

Whiskered Yuhina

Yuhina flavicollis

Yuhina Bigotuda

Streaked Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron lineatum

Charlatán barrado

Variegated Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron variegatum

Charlatán variegado

Himalayan Bulbul

Pycnonotus leucogenys

Bulbul Cariblanco

Lavandera Blanca

Heterophasia capistrata

Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus

Quebrantahuesos

Stripe-throated Yuhina

Yuhina Goliestriada

Green Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

Vireo alcaudón verde

Motacilla cinerea

Lavandera cascadeña

Blue-fronted Redstart

Phoenicurus frontalis

Colirrojo Frentiazul

White-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus leucocephalus

Colirrojo acuático

Whistler's Warbler

Phylloscopus whistleri

Mosquitero de Whistler

White-throated Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus albogularis

Charlatán gorjiblanco

Grey-backed Shrike

Lanius tephronotus

Alcaudón tibetano

Green-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga nipalensis

Suimanga Coliverde

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

Minivet Colilargo

Dark-breasted Rosefinch

Procarduelis nipalensis

Camachuelo Oscuro

Spotted Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla ocellata

Charlatán ocelado

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Cettia castaneocoronata

Cetia cabecicastaña

Hoary-throated Barwing

Actinodura nipalensis

Actinodura Nepalí

White-browed Fulvetta

Fulvetta vinipectus

Fulveta Cejiblanca

Rufous-breasted Accentor

Prunella strophiata

Acentor Pechirrufo

Fire-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga ignicauda

Suimanga Colafuego

Geokichla wardii

Tickell's Thrush

Turdus unicolor

Zorzal Unicolor

Alpine Accentor

Prunella collaris

Grey-hooded Warbler

Phylloscopus xanthoschistos

Mosquitero cabecigrís

Himalayan Prinia

Prinia crinigera

Prinia del Himalaya

Pink-browed Rosefinch

Carpodacus rodochroa

Camachuelo Cejirrosado

Red-headed Bullfinch

Pyrrhula erythrocephala

Camachuelo Cabecirrojo

Golden Bush Robin

Tarsiger chrysaeus

Ruiseñor dorado

White-collared Blackbird

Turdus albocinctus

Mirlo Acollarado

Grey-sided Bush Warbler

Cettia brunnifrons

Cetia Capirotada

Collared Grosbeak

Mycerobas affinis

Picogordo Acollarado

Striated Laughingthrush

Grammatoptila striata

Charlatán estriado

Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch

Carpodacus pulcherrimus

Camachuelo bonito del Himalaya

Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch

Carpodacus thura

Camachuelo de Thura

Brown Bullfinch

Pyrrhula nipalensis

Camachuelo Pardo

Yellow-breasted Greenfinch

Chloris spinoides

Verderón del Himalaya

White-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas carnipes

Picogordo Aliblanco

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Cinclus pallasii

Mirlo acuático pardo

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus

Ruiseñor del Himalaya

Spot-winged Rosefinch

Carpodacus rodopeplus

Camachuelo Alimoteado

Plain Mountain Finch

Leucosticte nemoricola

Pinzón montano de Hodgson

Red-fronted Rosefinch

Carpodacus puniceus

Camachuelo Frentirrojo

Spotted Forktail

Enicurus maculatus

Torrentero Moteado

Prunella himalayana

Acentor del Himalaya

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Papamoscas cabecigrís

Little Forktail

Enicurus scouleri

Torrentero Chico

Himalayan Vulture

Gyps himalayensis

Buitre del Himalaya

Black-faced Warbler

Abroscopus schisticeps

Mosquitero Carinegro

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

Papamoscas Siberiano

White-browed Bush Robin

Tarsiger indicus

Ruiseñor cejudo

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Gavilán común

Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocotus speciosus

Minivet Escarlata

Himalayan Black-lored Tit

Machlolophus xanthogenys

Carbonero carigualdo indio

Scaly Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron subunicolor

Charlatán modesto

Long-tailed Thrush

Zoothera dixoni

Zorzal de Dixon

Cuculus poliocephalus

Scaly-breasted Cupwing

Pnoepyga albiventer

Ratina Ventriblanca

Niltava macgrigoriae

Papamoscas de McGrigor

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris

Roquero Ventrirrufo

Large-eared Pika

Ochotona macrotis

Pica de Orejas Largas

Siberian Weasel

Mustela sibirica

Comadreja Siberiana

Asian Black Bear

Ursus thibetanus

Yellow-bellied Weasel

Mustela kathiah

Comadreja de vientre amarillo

Capricornis sumatraensis

Indomalayan Long-tailed Climbing Mouse

Vandeleuria oleraceus

Vandeleuria oleraceus

Nepal Sacred Langur

Semnopithecus schistaceus

Langur gris de Nepal

Northern Red Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis

Muntíaco de la India Norteño

Ochotona roylii

Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel

Dremomys lokriah

Dremomys lokriah

Himalayan Goral

Naemorhedus goral

Goral del Himalaya

Hemitragus jemlahicus

Tar del Himalaya

Yellow-throated Marten

Martes flavigula

Marta de garganta amarilla

Assamese Macaque

Macaca assamensis

Macaca Del Himalaya

Eurasian Wild Pig

Jabalí europeo

Western Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

Himalayan Musk-deer

Moschus leucogaster

Ciervo almizclero del Himalaya

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