Pangot Earth Walks: Spot 34 Bird Species on a Himalayan Birding Adventure
Coming Across New Avenues of Avian Diversity - a report of the birdwatching trail at Jungle Lore Birding Lodge, Pangot
Date: 14 June 2026
Location: Jungle Lore Birding Lodge
Walk Theme: Clouds, Canopies & Himalayan Birdsong
Walk Leader: Kundan Kumar
Walk Coordinator: Jagjeevan S. Dhami
The best part about Pangot is that it disappoints no one who has a passion for birding. Whether one wants to begin the birding journey or has gained expertise in it over the years. Every avenue in the region opens the door to ample birding opportunities. Whether you choose trips to famous locations such as Kilbury Forest or Cheena Peak, or non-GPS enthusiasts settle for the lesser-known trails such as Woodpecker’s Point. Pangot has something for everyone. Keeping in mind the same speciality of the place, Asian Adventures, in collaboration with the Global Wildlife Fair, organised an Earth Walk to the woodpecker’s point.
The participants met at the designated location at the right time and shared the fact that, even in the middle of summer, they could feel a chill in the air, such is the beauty of a town called Pangot. The Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher became the first bird spotted on the trail, and thereafter, the participants had an engaging discussion with the walk leader about the resident and migratory birds in the region. It was then that the portable microscope that was taken along was put to use. The walk leader explained that the concept of biodiversity travels beyond the human eye, and hence, for the observation of the microhabitats that emerged on the way. People came in for the birds but were even fascinated by the mosses, lichens and ferns which they observed under the microscope.
After capturing images of the Eastern Red-rumped swallow, which had delicately balanced itself in the middle of the branches, the discussion again shifted towards the microhabitats, the general structure of their inhabitants, and how these contribute to the overall ecosystem. One participant even enquired about the adaptations these make because of the weather in Pangot, and the walk leader explained how the cycle of adaptations works for these microorganisms in the hilly region.
This specific walk also opened the getaway for the Himalayan butterflies to be spotted, as the group came across 3 of them. Another participant praised the commendable efforts that have been made by Jungle Lore Birding Lodge in protecting the avian diversity and herpetofauna in the region by building the butterfly garden. Click here: https://asianadventures.info/p/af0725/
Bird List
- Great Barbet
- Brown-fronted Woodpecker
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
- Himalayan Woodpecker
- Gray-headed Woodpecker
- Slaty-headed Parakeet
- Ashy Drongo
- Eurasian Jay
- Black-headed Jay
- Red-billed Blue-Magpie
- Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
- Green-backed Tit
- Himalayan Prinia
- Barn Swallow
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
- Himalayan Bulbul
- Gray-hooded Warbler
- Black-faced Warbler
- Black-throated Tit
- Whiskered Yuhina
- Indian White-eye
- Striated Laughingthrush
- Streaked Laughingthrush
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
- Rufous Sibia
- White-throated Laughingthrush
- White-tailed Nuthatch
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper
- Gray-winged Blackbird
- Tickell's Thrush
- Verditer Flycatcher
- Blue Whistling-Thrush
- Gray Bushchat
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch