India's most spectacular pheasant — the male's iridescent plumage with nine distinct colors gleams in Himalayan sunlight; Chopta at 3,000 m is the most accessible site.
A crimson pheasant with vivid blue and white spots — displaying males erect a fleshy blue bib and patterned lappets to court females in Himalayan rhododendron and oak forest.
One of the world's most beautiful birds — the crimson wing patches flash magnificently as it creeps across vertical rock faces in a butterfly-like motion on cold Himalayan cliffs.
One of a kind — the only member of its family, this extraordinary bird probes under river stones on Himalayan shingle beds, its crimson curved bill unique among shorebirds.
A beautifully barred partridge of rocky alpine slopes near the snowline — lives above the treeline year-round, sheltering in scrubby juniper patches when snowfall forces descent.
A tiny jewel of a bird — iridescent green with a vivid orange-red tail; feeds acrobatically in flowering rhododendrons alongside Greenish Warblers and Rufous-vented Tits.
Uttarakhand's most commonly encountered large pheasant — male birds display on open hillsides at dawn, the distinctive "kok-kok-koklasss" call echoing across the forested valleys.
One of the most elegantly patterned birds of the Himalayan mixed forest zone — leads mixed species flocks through oak and rhododendron forest with a clear, whistled song.
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