Jun 24
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Green backed tit, Bhutan

The green-backed tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are boreal forest, temperate forest, and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is classified as least concern by IUCN.
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Jun 24
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Black Throated Sunbird – Male, Bhutan

The black-throated sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos], Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is classified as least concern by IUCN.
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Jun 24
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Black tailed crake, Bhutan

The black-tailed crake is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is classified as Least Concern by IUCN.  
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Jun 24
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Assam Macquaue, Bhutan

The macaques constitute a genus of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques are widespread over the Old World, especially Asia. Macaques are principally frugivorous, although their diet also includes seeds, leaves, flowers, and tree bark, and some, such as the crab-eating macaque, subsist on a diet of invertebrates and occasionally small vertebrates. All macaque social groups are arranged around dominant, matriarchal females. The Assam macaque has a yellowish-grey to dark brown pelage. The facial skin is dark brownish to purplish. The head has a dark fringe of hair on the cheeks directed backwards to the ears. The hair on the crown is parted in the middle. The shoulders, head and arms tend to be paler than the hindquarters, which are greyish. The tail is well-haired and short. It is classified as Near Threatened by IUCN.
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Jun 24
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White wagtail alboides – Male, Bhutan

The white wagtail is an insectivorous bird of open country, often near habitation and water. It prefers bare areas for feeding, where it can see and pursue its prey. In urban areas it has adapted to foraging on paved areas such as car parks. It nests in crevices in stone walls and similar natural and man-made structures. The white wagtail is the national bird of Latvia. The subspiecies alboides is found in the himalaya and sorrounding area. This subspecies has a black back and a lot of black around the head, a white wing panel and white edges on the secondaries and tertials. It feeds on terrestrial and aquatic insects and other small invertebrates form the major part of the diet. These range from beetles, dragonflies, small snails, spiders, worms, crustaceans, to maggots found in carcasses and, most importantly, flies in the order Diptera. It is classified as least concern by IUCN.  
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