Animals Checklist
We are blessed to have thriving wildlife in and around Tanhau, though of course they remain mostly elusive during the day. Since we’re at a height of ~4,300 feet but completely connected with the forests of Corbett, we are lucky enough to get animals & birds from both lower as well as higher altitudes.
Given below is a list of animals that we have recorded in the Tanhau area.
Asiatic Black Bear
Barking Deer (Indian Muntjac)
Bengal Tiger
Black Naped Hare
Elephant
Golden Jackal
Hanuman Langur
Himalayan Giant Flying Squirrel
Himalayan Palm Civet
Himalayan Serow
Indian Crested Porcupine
Jungle Cat
Leopard
Leopard Cat
Mountain Goat or Goral
Pangolin
Red Fox
Rhesus Macaque
Sambar Deer
Small Indian Civet
Spotted Deer or Chital
Wild Boar
Yellow-throated Marten
Birds Checklist
Given below is a list of birds that we have seen in and around Tanhau and the surrounding area. A lot of them are seasonal visitors and it is always exciting to see the species’ change with the seasons.
Rufous-breasted Accentor
Black chinned Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
White-browed Scimitar Babbler
Blue-throated Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Great Barbet
Lineated Barbet
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater
Besra
Bluethroat
Long-tailed Broadbill
Black Bulbul
Himalayan Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Crested Bunting
Grey Bushchat
Pied Bushchat
Common Buzzard
White-eyed Buzzard
Indian Jungle Crow
Large-billed Crow
Common Hawk Cuckoo
Drongo Cuckoo
Eurasian Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Eurasian Collared Dove
Oriental Turtle Dove
Spotted Dove
Ashy Drongo
Black Drongo
Spangled Drongo
Bearded Vulture
Black Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Changeable Hawk Eagle
Mountain Hawk Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Lesser Fish Eagle
Oriental Honey Buzzard
Pallas's Fish Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Short-toed Snake Eagle
Steppe Eagle
White Throated Fantail
Yellow Bellied Fantail
Peregrine Falcon
Collared Falconet
White-browed Fantail
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
Eurasian Jay
Spotted Forktail
Black Francolin
Grey Francolin
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
Common Hoopoe
Great Hornbill
Indian Grey Hornbill
Black-headed Jay
Common Kestrel
Lesser Kestrel
Black Kite
Black-winged Kite
Asian Koel
Streaked Laughingthrush
White-crested Laughingthrush
White-throated Laughingthrush
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Red-billed Leothrix
Common Green Magpie
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Long-tailed Minivet
Scarlet Minivet
Rosy minivet
Black-naped Monarch
Scaly-breasted Munia
Indian Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
Velvet Fronted Nuthatch
Indian Nuthatch
Brown Fish Owl
Collared Scops Owl
Mountain Scops Owl
Tawny Fish Owl
Asian Barred Owlet
Jungle Owlet
Asian Paradise-flycatcher
Plum-headed Parakeet
Slaty-headed Parakeet
Rose Ringed Parakeet
Red Breasted Parakeet
Chukar Partridge
Indian Peafowl
Cheer Pheasant
Kalij Pheasant
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon
Paddyfield Pippit
Ashy Prinia
Grey Breasted Prinia
Striped Prinia
Oriental Magpie Robin
Common Rosefinch
Long-tailed Shrike
White-browed Shrike-babbler
House Sparrow
Russet Sparrow
Common Stonechat
Cromson Sunbird
Fire-tailed Sunbird
Crested Tree Swift
Purple Sunbird
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Common Tailorbird
Blue Whistling Thrush
Blue-capped Rock Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Black-lored Tit
Great Tit
Green-backed Tit
Bar-tailed Treecreeper
Rufous Treepie
Grey Treepie
Cinerous Vulture
Himalayan Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Griffon Vulture
Red-headed Vulture
Citrine Wagtail
Wallcreeper
Oriental White-eye
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
Great Slaty Woodpecker
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
Streak-throated Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Greater Yellownape
