The Himalayas, is a mountain range which separates the Great Indian Plains from the Tibetan Plateau. This range is home to nine of the ten highest peaks on the Earth, including the highest, Mount Everest. The abrupt rise of the Himalayan Mountains from less than 500 meters to more than 8,000 meters in a few hundred kilometers has resulted in a huge diversity of flora and fauna. Nearly 1000 birds have been recorded in the Himalayas of which 15 species are fully endemic.
The Kashmir flycatcher (Ficeduia subrubra) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. This is an insectivorous species which breeds in the north-west Himalayas in the Kashmir region of the Indian Subcontinent. It is migratory and winters in the hills of central Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of India. This is a vulnerable species with a decreasing population and breeding range. The population is believed to be between 2,500 and 10,000 birds.
IUCN Status: Vulnerable (VU) Photo: Bhargav Dwaraki