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Fauna of Uttarakhand

Mammals to be seen below the Tree-Line
Popular Name Zoological Name
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis
Langur Monkey Presbytis entellus
Asiatic Jackal Canis aureus
Common Red Fox Vulpes vulpesmontana
Asiatic or Himalayan Black Bear Selenorctos thibetanus
Yellow-throated Marten Martos flavigula
Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
The Himalayan Palm Civet Paguma larvata
Goral Nemoraheadus goral
Sambar Cirvus unicolor
Barking deer Muntiacus muntjak
Indian Hare Lepus nigricolis
Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica
   

Mammals to be seen above the Tree-Line
The Hill fox Vulpus Montana
Snow Leopard Panthera uncia
The Himalayan Black Deer Selenorctos thibetanus
The Brown Bear Ursus arctos
The Ibex Capra ibex
The Serow Capricomis sumatraensis
The Himalayan Tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus
The Bharal or Blue Sheep Pseudois nayaur

BIRDS
Popular Name Biological Name
Carrion Crow Corvos corone orientallis
Red Billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Himalayan Tree Pie Dendrocitta formosae
Red Crowned Jay Garrulus bispecularis
Himalayan Nutcraker Nucifraga carocatactes
Red/Yellow Billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
Grey Tit Parus major
Green-backed tit Parus monticolus
Black Tit Lophophanes rofunuchalis
Brown Crested Tit Lophophanes dishrous
Yellow Checked Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
Brooks Nuthatch Sitta kasmiriensis
White Tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayansis
Velvet Fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontails
White Crested Laughing Thrush Garrulax leucolophus
White Throated Laughing Thrush Garrulax albogularis
Streaked Laughing Thrush Trochalopteron lineatum
Striated Laughing Thrush Grammatoptila striata
Spotted Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
Pekin Robin Leiothrix lutea
Orange Bellied Chloropsis Chloropsis hardwickii
Silvered Eared Mesia Mesia argentauris
White Checked Bulbul Molpastes leucogenys
Himalayan Tree-Creeper Certhia himalayana
Kashimiri Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Indian blue Chat Luscinia brunnea
Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
Dark-Grey Bush Chat Rhodophila ferrea
Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculates
White Capped Redstart Chaimarronis leucocephalus
Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus
Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis
Shama Kittacincla malabarica
Ground Thrush Geokichala citrina
Mountain Thrush Oreocincla dauma
Blue Headed Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhyncha
Whistling Thrush Myiophoneus careuleus
Rofous-Breasted Hedge-Sparrow Prunella strophiata
White Browed Blue Flycatcher muscicapula superciliaris
White Bellied Blue Flycatcher Muscicapula pallipes
Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina
Refous-Tailed Flycatcher Alseonax ruficaudus
Grey-Headed Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
Rufous-Bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
Paradise Flycatcher Techitrea paradisi
White Throated Fantail Flycatcher Khipidura albicollis
Black-Headed Shrike Lanius nigriceps
Short Bellied Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
Grey Drongo Dicrurus longlcaudatus
Red-Headed Fantail Warbler Cisticola exilis erythrocephale  willow
Tickell’s warbler Phylloscopus affinis
Large Crowned Willow Warbler Phylloscopus occipitallis
Grey-Headed Flycatcher Warbler Seicercus xanthoschisos
Brown Hill-Warbler Suya criniger
Golden Orirole Orilus oriolus
Jungle Myna Aethiopsar fuscus
Himalayan Greenfinch Hypacanthis spinoides
Cinnamon Tree-Sparrow Passer Rutilans
Meadow Bunting Emberiza cia (Stracheyi)
Crested Bunting Melophus lathami
Common Sallow Hirundo rustica
White-Eye Zosterops palpebrosa
Scaly-Bellied Green Woodpecker Picus squamatus
Himalayan Pied Woodpecker Dryobates himalayansis
Slaty-Headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
Blue-Beared Bee-Eater Alcemerops athertoni
Alpine Swift Apus melba
Long Tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrourus
Forest Eagle-Owl Huhua nipalensis
Spotted Scops Owl Otus spilocephaylus
Himalayan Bared Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
Shahin Falcon Falco peregrinus peregrinator
Himalayan Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Wedge-Trailed Green Pigeon Sphenocercus sphenures
Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
Rufous Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientails
White Crested Kaleej Pheasant Gennaeus hamiltoni
Chukor-Meisner Alectoris graeca
Monal Pheasant Lophophorus imepjanus

Butterflies
Popular name Scientific name Description Where it found
Indian Fritillar Argynnis hyperbiu Brown, spotted In open areas in hills
Peacock Panzy Precis almana Golden brown with large spots Low moist areas
Blue Peacock Papilo arctrus Black jet like shape with blue shade & red spots   Cold temperate forest regions
Great Orangetip Hebomia glaucippe Half white and half brown wings   Indian peninsular region and lower Himalayas
Paris Peacock Papilo Paris Evergreen forest clearings
Red-base Jezebe

 

Delias chrysippus

 

Brown with feather like shades in white, yellow and red High altitude shrubs and trees
Plain Tiger Danais chrysippus Brown with white spotted dots in black border.
Red lacewing Cathosia biblis

 

Bright brown with dark brown lace fringe   Foot-hills of Garhwal Himalaya and Nepal
Yellow Pansy Percis hierta

 

Brown with four large yellow patches   Dry low lying areas, hot and sunny
Tawny Rajah Charaxes polyxena Dark brown tipped outer wing with middle white and inner light brown zones   Peninsular regions and Siwalik ranges.
Red-Helen Papilio helenus Reddish brown with one brown polka dot. Silvery bands in the under wing   All along the Himalayan range