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 orange-flanked bush robin is a small passerine bird In the family Muscicapidae. It, and related species, are often called chats. It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in mixed coniferous forest with undergrowth in northern Asia and northeastern Europe. It winters mainly in southeastern Asia, in the Indian Subcontinent the Himalayas, Taiwan, and northern Indochina.
IUCN Status: Least Concern (LC) Photo: Dr. Sangeeta Dhanuka