Notable features in the male include a long, metallic green crest, coppery feathers on the back and neck, and a prominent white rump that is most visible when the bird is in flight. The adult male has multicoloured plumage throughout, while the female, as in other pheasants, is dull in colour. The male weighs up to 2380 grams and the female 2150. The scientific name commemorates Lady Mary Impey, the wife of the British chief justice of Bengal Sir Elijah Impey. However, studies have shown that the male Himalayan monal of northwestern India lacks the white rump of other Himalayan monals, and it has more green on the breast, indicating the possibility of a second subspecies. Traditionally, the Himalayan monal has been classified as monophyletic. It is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as danphe, and state bird of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, India, where it is known as monal. Himalayan vulture is a huge vulture species perhaps the largest and heaviest bird found in the Himalayas.The Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) also known as the impeyan monal, impeyan pheasant, and danphe, is a bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. The Himalayan vulture or Himalayan griffon vulture is one of the two largest Old World vultures and true raptors in India. Golden eagles are dark brown with lighter golden-brown use their powerful feet and massive talons for of prey Himalayan Griffon Vulture

The Himalayan golden eagles are large raptors and one of the best-known birds of prey in India. Image source:flickr Himalayan Golden Eagle The black bulbul found in forests, cultivation and gardens of hilly areas of Himalaya. Himalayan Black Bulbul is a member of the bulbul family found in southern Asia and India. The black-lored tit has been split into two species named as Himalayan black-lored tit and Indian black-lored tit. Himalayan black-lored tit is related to the yellow tit and the species is a resident breeder in the Himalayas. This is a vulnerable species and breeds in deciduous forest,nesting in a hole in a tree. Kashmir flycatcher found in the north-west Himalayas in the Kashmir region of the Indian Subcontinent. Almost nothing is known of this species of Kashmir Nuthatch,living in the shadows of its habitat. The Kashmir nuthatch natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests, found in the northernmost regions of the Indian subcontinent. The species is highly endangered and globally threatened and considered the rarest of all living pheasants. Western tragopan is a medium-sized brightly plumed pheasant found in the Himalayas. In north-east India, deforestation is one of the biggest threat to Blyth’s tragopan and to all birds species. Blyth’s Tragopanīlyth’s tragopan is a pheasant family bird and because its total population it is a vulnerable species in India. Himalayan monal is ranked as one of the most beautiful bird of Indian subcontinent but the species is threatened due to poaching. The Himalayan monal is a bird in the pheasant family and state bird of Uttarakhand. Himalayan quail belonging to the pheasant family currenlty known only in the western Himalayas in Uttarakhand. The Himalayan quail is a medium-sized quail native to India and one of the rarest birds found on Earth. Himalayan Snow-Cock and Tibetan snowcock are native to mountain ranges in India, Nepal and Bhutan. The Himalayan snowcock in the pheasant family and native to the Himalayan region of rocky cliffs and alpine pastures. Ward’s Trogon is one of the most beautiful bird of Indian subcontinent Himalayan Snowcock The Ward’s trogon range includes the parts of the Indian subcontinent and natural habitats are temperate forests and lowland forests. Birds Spotted by Walk Through India Traveller-Kailash Kumbhkar Ward’s Trogon Endemic birds of the Himalayas mid-altitudes mountain range are Himalayan Quail,Himalayan Monal, Himalayan Mountain Quail, Satyr tragopan,western horned tragopan,Yellow-browed tit,Yellow-vented warbler and Black-headed jay. The Great Himalayas is crowns of the Indian subcontinent and home to some of the most beautiful and rare species of birds in the world.

Himalayan monal bird