A thing that can be said safely about Munisyari, where ever your eyes will go, you will always find snow clad mountains as well as chirping birds in front of your eyeline.
Nestled in Panchakuli mountain ranges at 2400 Meters, it’s a paradise for birds and birders alike. Munsiyari has birds all round in all seasons. In winters it offers lesser and more habitable temperatures to Eurasian species like Gold Finches, Thrushes, Redstarts. These species are followed by Sparrow Hawks, after all how long a prey can be kept away from Predators.
The rocky cliffs and barren trees offer adobe to a multitude of birds like snow pigeons, Griffons, Himalayan Griffons as well as the most elusive and rare the bearded one aka Lammergeier.
Munsiyari offers all kinds of habitats to birds and birders alike. It has dry grass slopes, offering food and residence to finches. It has mountain slopes covered with sparsely marked broad leaved trees giving shelter to the flagship species of Himalayas “The Himalayan Monal”.
Green grass slopes hold one more gem of Himalayas “The Koklass Pheasant”.
The rocky grass slopes are home to Cheer Pheasants.
This winter’s we went to Munsiyari and came back with various delighful frames as well as Joyful memories.
See the trip album on our YouTube Channel to be a part of our journey
The Bird Checklist is as below
| Sr. No | Bird Names |
| 1 | *Bearded Vulture* |
| 2 | *Black-throated Thrush* — First winter plumage. |
| 3 | *Blue-capped Redstart* |
| 4 | *Blue-fronted Redstart* |
| 5 | *Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush* |
| 6 | *Chestnut-tailed Minla — Bar winged minla* |
| 7 | *Dark-breasted Rosefinch* |
| 8 | *Gray-crested Tit* |
| 9 | *Gray-winged Blackbird* |
| 10 | *Greater Yellownape* |
| 11 | *Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch* |
| 12 | *Himalayan Bluetail* |
| 13 | *Himalayan Griffon* |
| 14 | *Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch* |
| 15 | *Lesser Yellownape* |
| 16 | *Plain Mountain-Finch* |
| 17 | *Rock Bunting* |
| 18 | *Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher* |
| 19 | *Slaty-blue Flycatcher* |
| 20 | *Small Niltava* |
| 21 | *Tawny Fish-Owl* |
| 22 | *White-tailed Nuthatch* |
| 23 | *White-throated Laughingthrush* |
| 24 | accentor sp. — Brown accentor |
| 25 | Altai Accentor |
| 26 | Ashy Drongo |
| 27 | Black Bulbul |
| 28 | Black Francolin |
| 29 | Black Kite |
| 30 | Black-chinned Babbler |
| 31 | Black-headed Jay |
| 32 | Black-throated Tit |
| 33 | Blue Whistling-Thrush |
| 34 | Blue-throated Barbet |
| 35 | Blue-winged Minla |
| 36 | Brown Dipper |
| 37 | Cheer Pheasant |
| 38 | Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch |
| 39 | Cinereous Tit |
| 40 | Coal Tit |
| 41 | Common Kingfisher |
| 42 | Common Myna |
| 43 | Common Rosefinch |
| 44 | Crested Kingfisher |
| 45 | Eurasian Jay |
| 46 | Eurasian Wren |
| 47 | Gray Bushchat |
| 48 | Gray Treepie |
| 49 | Gray-headed Woodpecker |
| 50 | Green-backed Tit |
| 51 | Himalayan Black-lored Tit |
| 52 | Himalayan Bulbul |
| 53 | Himalayan Monal |
| 54 | Himalayan Woodpecker |
| 55 | House Sparrow |
| 56 | Hume’s Warbler |
| 57 | Kalij Pheasant |
| 58 | Large-billed Crow |
| 59 | Lemon-rumped Warbler |
| 60 | Olive-backed Pipit |
| 61 | Plumbeous Redstart |
| 62 | Red Junglefowl |
| 63 | Red-billed Blue-Magpie |
| 64 | Red-billed Chough — Overhead in flight |
| 65 | Red-billed Leiothrix |
| 66 | Red-vented Bulbul |
| 67 | Red-wattled Lapwing |
| 68 | Rock Pigeon |
| 69 | Rufous Sibia |
| 70 | Rufous-breasted Accentor |
| 71 | Rufous-vented Tit |
| 72 | Russet Sparrow |
| 73 | Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler |
| 74 | Scaly-bellied Woodpecker |
| 75 | Scarlet Minivet |
| 76 | Shikra |
| 77 | Siberian Stonechat |
| 78 | Slaty-headed Parakeet |
| 79 | Snow Pigeon |
| 80 | Spotted Forktail |
| 81 | Spot-winged Rosefinch |
| 82 | Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler |
| 83 | Streaked Laughingthrush |
| 84 | Whistler’s Warbler |
| 85 | White-capped Redstart |
| 86 | Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie |
| 87 | * Maroon Oriole* |
| 88 | * Striated Laughingthrush* |
| 89 | * Variegated Laughingthrush* |
| 90 | *Bar-tailed Treecreeper* |
| 91 | *Chestnut-eared Bunting* |
| 92 | *Eurasian Gold Finch* |
| 93 | *Eurasian Sparrowhawk* |
| 94 | *Great Barbet* |
| 95 | *Green-tailed Sunbird* |
| 96 | *Little Forktail* |
| 97 | *Pink-browed Rosefinch* |
| 98 | *Red-fronted Serin* |
| 99 | *Speckled Piculet* |
| 100 | *Spotted Laughing Thrush* |
| 101 | *White Collared Blackbird* |
| 102 | *Yellow Breasted Green Finch* |
| 103 | *Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail* |
| 104 | Black Redstart |
| 105 | Egyptian Vulture |
| 106 | Jungle Owlet |
| 107 | Little Pied Flycacther |
| 108 | Oriental Turtle-Dove |
| 109 | Rufous Chinned Laughing Thrush |
| 110 | *Rufous fronted rock thrush* |
| *Mammals* | |
| Golden Jackal | |
| Yellow Throated Marten | |
| Himalayan Weasle | |
| Himalayan Langoor |