Eaglenest WS Bird Photography Tour

Eaglenest or Eagle’s Nest Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area of India in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh. It conjoins Sessa Orchid Sanctuary to the northeast and Pakhui Tiger Reserve across the Kameng river to the east. Altitude ranges are extreme: from 500 metres (1,640 ft) to 3,250 metres (10,663 ft). It is a part of the Kameng Elephant Reserve. Eaglenest is notable as a prime birding site due to the extraordinary variety, numbers and accessibility of species. Eaglenest derives its name from Red Eagle Division of the Indian army which was posted in the area in the 1950s. Eaglenest was declared Wildlife Sanctuary in 1989 with an area of 218 square kms.

Target Birds: Bugun Liolichla, Spotted Wren Babbler, Ward’s Trogon, Red-breasted Partridge, Blyth’s Tragopan, Temminck’s Tragopan, Grey Peacock Pheasant, Goosander, White-winged Wood Duck, Pale-headed Woodpecker, Bay Woodpecker, Crimson-breasted Woodpecker, Blue-eared Barbet, Wreathed Hornbill, Blyth’s Kingfisher, Violet Cuckoo, Asian Emerald Cuckoo, Blossom-headed Parakeet, Hodgson’s Frogmouth, Grey Nightjar, Thick-billed Green Pigeon, Black-tailed Crake, Eurasian Woodcock, Ibisbill, Jerdon’s Baza, Pied Falconet, Blue-naped Pitta, Silver-breasted Broadbill, Slender-billed Oriole, Hodgson’s Redstart, White-tailed Robin, White-crowned Forktail, Purple Cochoa, Green Cochoa, Beautiful Nuthatch, Brown-throated Treecreeper, Yellow-cheeked Tit, Yellow-browed Tit, Rufous-fronted Tit, Hill Prinia, Slaty-bellied Tesia, Russet Bush Warbler, Booted Warbler, Mountain Tailorbird, Large-billed Warbler, Yellow-vented Warbler, Grey-cheeked Warbler, Broad-billed Warbler, Rufous-faced Warbler, Yellow-bellied Warbler, Rufous-vented Laughingthrush, Grey-sided Laughingthrush, Bhutan Laughingthrush, Red-faced Liolichla, Abott’s Babbler, Buff-breasted Babbler, Spot-throated Babbler, Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler, Long-billed Wren Babbler, Eye-browed Wren Babbler, Rufous-throated Wren Babbler, Bar-winged Wren Babbler, Spotted Wren Babbler, Wedge-billed Wren Babbler, Rufous-fronted Babbler, White-hooded Babbler, Yellow-throated Fulvetta, Brown-throated Fulvetta, Rufous-backed Sibia, Beautiful Sibia, Long-tailed Sibia, White-bellied Yuhina, Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill, Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill, Tibetan Siskin, Dark-rumped Rosefinch, Grey-headed Bullfinch, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Chestnut Bunting etc.