![]() Chitwan National Park File: Chitwan is the most visited national park in Nepal.Ĭhitwan National Park is known for its rich biodiversity. Here is a list of national parks in Nepal and the information about wildlife and biodiversity that you can find here. Where else in the world can you find both the royal Bengal tiger and the snow leopard? Nepal has them both there are more such species in the national parks in Nepal. This means the country is incredibly rich in biodiversity and wildlife. There are the plains in the south, the Himalayas in the north and lots of hills in the middle. The way the Himalayan monal feeds is very characteristic: it digs a hole with its feet and draws the earth with its shaped shovel beak, its excavation is deep until it finds its food.File: Khaptad National Park is one of the most attractive national parks in Nepal. ![]() Edible mushrooms, wild strawberries, Corinth grapes and feet ferns are also cited as local resources. In winter, we see it in the fields of wheat and barley in the gullies. They also like the roots, the larvae, leaves, shrubs and young shoots of grass and acorns, seeds and berries. They feed on insects and tubers, key elements of their diet and can vary significantly by region. The chicks are fed mainly on small invertebrates during the first weeks and their growth is fast enough. Incubation usually lasts 28 days, in captivity females undertake re-nest in the event of failure of the first brood. It happens that the male takes no part in egg incubation and education of chicks. ![]() In nature, the female lays four or five eggs. The nest is a simple scrape frequently located under a bush, a rock or in the cavity of a large tree. Nests are placed in woodland, forests offering large trees but with undergrowth. Northeast of Afghanistan and Tibet, it spreads from April to July. In India, the nesting season lasts from late April to late June. ![]() During this time a male can stay with several females and their chicks. In winter, the companies of 20 to 30 individuals are in the oak forests. In autumn, females wander alone in the company of their chicks. The links in the band seem to weave in winter when the troops move on a limited territory. Despite the rigors of mountain climate, the Himalayan monal is sedentary. It is also seen in India and it undertakes an annual migration to lowland valleys. In the Himalayas, they live on the nearby slopes of the tree, in the valleys, planted birch. We find the Himalayan monal in Pakistan’s mountainous regions at an altitude of 2400 to 3600 meters. The male’s call is a sharp, shrill whistle. As the males, it has a blue bare skin area around the eyes. Their throat is white and the hoopoe is modest and unobtrusive. They have a whole brown speckled with black, white and buff stripes. The green head is surmounted by a crest of ten feathers with a length of 10 cm erected on the forehead. The green and purple back extended by brown and purple wings contrast with the black chest and underparts. The tail is cinnamon colored, rump is white, purple and green. In the male, nuptial plumage is decorated with beautiful green, purple, red and blue metallic sheen. Its size is about 72 cm and its weight is around 2500 g. Also known as the impeyan monal, impeyan pheasant, this galliforms belongs to the family of Phasianidae.
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