14 Jul 2023
Parnassia nubicola
Parnassia nubicolais found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 4600 meters elevation. Elevation: 3468 meters. Native range is East Afghanistan to China.…
11 Jul 2023
Polygonatum hookeri
Polygonatum hookeri is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 6000 meters elevation. Elevation: 4167 meters. Native range is Himalaya to Central…
10 Jul 2023
Maianthemum oleraceum
Maianthemum oleraceum is found in Sikkim's temperate to subalpine biomes to 3700 meters elevation. Elevation: 3198 meters. Native range is East Nepal and Tibet…
10 Jul 2023
Whorled Solomon’s-Seal (Polygonatum verticillatum)
Whorled Solomon's-Seal (Polygonatum verticillatum) is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 4700 meters elevation. Elevation: 2973 meters. Native…
8 Jul 2023
Maianthemum purpureum
Maianthemum purpureum is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 4000 meters elevation.
Elevation: 3789 meters.
Native range is Himalaya to China.
29 Apr 2018
Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)
Encountering this koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) peacefully feeding off the juicy spring shoots and buttercup flowers was a wonderful experience. Not a…
29 Apr 2018
Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)
A koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) leisurly crossing the road. The many species of pheasant found in the Himalayas is incredible, and seeing them up…
29 Apr 2018
Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus)
Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) is the state bird of Uttarakhand, and and incredibly beautiful bird. In Chopta and by most temples this is a commonly…
20 Apr 2018
Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
This is a common species, but nonetheless a beautiful one, especially when you can see it in the open like here, where it was foraging in the leaf litter and…