Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)

Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)

Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata) is of a large number of bird species visiting the countless Rhodondendron trees in bloom. It sounds like…


Small niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)

Small niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)

Small niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae) is one of many small bird species not often seen, but its lovely song will tell you it’s there somewhere in the thickets.…


Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

I had heard stories of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) while in Bhutan, one being a close encounter with a farmer and the cat stalking a barking…


Chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris)

Chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris)

What is a beautiful melody to us is dead serious to the bird as it is perched high to announce its presence to competitors and assure its claim to the area…