15 BEST PLACES FOR BIRD WATCHING IN NORTHEAST INDIA

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If you are a bird lover NorthEast India is heaven for this. In the past few years, the number of birds decreased. Waterbirds in the wetlands of this part of this beautiful country are must watch.

I traveled a lot of the places here to find some great bird watching spots. If you think I have missed any awesome place in the list, do comment below the place name, I will be glad to add that place in the next update.

1.NAMDAPHA

2.DIBRU SAIKHOWA

3.PANIDIHING

4.GIBBONS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

5.KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK

6.NAMERI NATIONAL PARK

7.EAST EAGLE SANCTUARY

8.PAKKE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

9.SIJU BIRDS SANCTUARY

10.SHIRUI NATIONAL PARK

11.MURLEN NATIONAL PARK

12.PHAWNGPUI NATIONAL PARK

13.ORANG NATIONAL PARK

14.MANAS NATIONAL PARK

15.PABITORA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK

It is located in Arunachal Pradesh the easternmost state of Northeast India. It occupies an area of 1,985 sq. km. It is located in the Changlang district of Arunachal and shares border with Myanmar. The park is supplied with water from the Noa Dihing river.

Birds found in Namdapha

The park has 425 recorded bird species and many yet to be registered. It is home for five species of hornbill and many species of wren-babblers. Other bird groups are laughing thrushes, parrotbills, fulvettas, shrike babblers and scimitar babblers.

Some endangered bird species includes rufous-necked hornbill, green cochoa, purple cochoa, beautiful nuthatch, Ward’s Trogon, ruddy kingfisher, blue-eared kingfisher, white-tailed fish eagle, Eurasian hobby, pied falconet, white-winged wood duck, Himalayan wood-owl, Rufous-throated Hill-partridge, and white-cheeked hill partridge.