![]() Monal will dig in the soil to find grass seeds, so the best chance is to find them on slopes or around big rocks. ![]() As these birds are shy, they tend to stay away from the human tracks. The task of locating becomes tougher if the soil is wet with dew in the mornings.īe patient and slow in your movements, pay attention to the area away from the trekking trails. Female Monal can hide in the long grass growing over and around these rocks. Male Monal who are more colorful and radiate in the sunlight are easy to find but they can mix well with Metamorphic Rocks due to their similar colors. This is an intelligent bird and knows his territory well. Monals are very shy (as most of the pheasants are) and have the tendency to hide in case they feel threatened. One has to trek for about 600 meters to reach the meadow where Monals are normally seen foraging for grass seeds and the trek is pretty steep. The real issues start when you reach Chopta and start your search. The above mention issues are not so big that they will stop anyone from pursuing the Himalayan Monals search. ![]() Monals do community roost in this season and chances of sightings are very high. Snowfall is very less till Mid-December with temperatures around 5 degrees Celsius during the day and -1 to - 10 during the night. Their range is widespread and not confined only to the Himalayas. Also, this is the time for their breeding season. The Himalayan Monal is the national bird of Nepal and as the name suggests inhabits the Himalayan Mountains at high altitudes which can be anything from around 2000m to over 4000m. Lesser numbers of humans mean higher numbers of Monal. Tungnath temple is not open till the first week of May. Go either in April or in late November to mid-December. This inflow of humans pushes the Monals deep in the forest. During the summers, from the day when gates of the temple open, there is a huge inflow of worshipers. ![]() This area also receives a good amount of snowfall and roads can get closed till authorities open them again. During the winters, temperatures can drop down to as low as -20 degrees celsius in the night. It is also the starting point of the 4 KM trek to Tungnath Temple. There’s no electricity and everything runs on solar power. Due to this, the lodging options are only a few campsites, some very basic budget hotels, and a high-end resort. Taxonomy: Phasianus impejanus Latham, 1790, India.Chopta is at the height of some 2600 meters amid thick forest of high altitude trees, which is also a National Park for Musk Deer. Scientific Name: Lophophorus impejanus (Latham, 1790)Ĭommon Names: Himalayan Monal, Impeyan Monal, Himalayan Monal-pheasantįrench: Lophophore resplendissant German: Rostschwanzmonal Spanish: Monal colirrojo The bird's natural range extends from eastern Afghanistan through the Himalayas in Pakistan, Kashmir region and the Republic of India (states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal, southern Tibet, and Bhutan. A female Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus), also known as the Impeyan monal and Impeyan pheasant, is a pheasant native to Himalayan forests and. It is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as Danphe, and state bird of Uttarakhand India, where it is known as Monal. The Himalayan monal ( Lophophorus impejanus), also known as the Impeyan monal, Impeyan pheasant, is a bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Himalayan monal, Impeyan monal ( Lophophorus impejanus)Įnglish: This Monal - state bird of India was clicked near Tungnath on the way to Chandrashila.
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