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Gumot National Park

The Ghamot National Park Ghamot National Park is a national park in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in Neelam District of AJK and it was established in 2004.[1] Conservation efforts in the Gumot National Park are funded by the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme and implemented by the Himalayan Wildlife Foundation. The national park is significant as it hosts a connected population of the threatened Himalayan Brown Bear of Pakistan, connected through a network of national parks in northern Pakistan including the Deosai National Park and Musk Deer National Park.[2][3] The park also hosts a population of the threatened musk deer.[4]

Fauna

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List of fauna found in the national park.[5]

# Name Scientific name Status Breeding
1 Himalayan vulture Gyps himalayensis Rare No
2 Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Rare No
3 Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Rare Yes
4 Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus Rare No
5 Pallid harrier Circus macrourus Rare No
6 Common swift Apus apus Common Yes
7 Pacific swift Apus pacificus Common Yes
8 Little swift Circus macrourus Common Yes
9 Long-tailed minivet Pericrocotus ethologus Becoming rare Yes
10 Rosy minivet Pericrocotus roseus Rare Yes
11 Orange minivet Pericrocotus flammeus Common Yes
12 Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto Rare Yes
13 Red collared dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Rare Yes
14 Spotted dove Spilopelia chinensi Rare Yes
15 Rock dove Columba livia Common No
16 Oriental turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis Rare Yes
17 Yellow-billed blue magpie Urocissa flavirostris Rare No
18 Spotted nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Rare Yes
19 Alpine chough Pyrrhocorax graculus Rare No
20 Red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Rare No
21 Large-billed crow Corvus macrorhynchos Common Yes
22 European roller Coracias garrulous Common Yes
23 Indian roller Coracias benghalensis Rare Yes
24 Grey-bellied cuckoo Cacomantis passerines Rare Yes
25 Jacobin cuckoo Tadorna tadorna Rare Yes
26 Asian koel Eudynamys scolopacea Rare Yes
27 Plain prinia Prinia inornata Common Yes
28 Zitting cisticola Cisticola juncidis Common Yes
29 Himalayan prinia Prinia criniger Becoming rare Yes
30 Common tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Rare No
31 Brown dipper Cinclus pallasii Rare No
32 Bar-tailed treecreeper Certhia himalayana Rare No
33 Eurasian treecreeper Certhia familiaris Common No
34 Black drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Common Yes
35 Ashy drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Abundant Yes
36 Scaly-breasted munia Lonchura punctulata Common No
37 Rock bunting Emberiza cia Common Yes
38 Crested bunting Melophus lathami Common Yes
39 Chestnut-eared bunting Emberiza fucata Rare Yes
40 Pine bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Common Yes
41 White-capped bunting Emberiza stewarti Common Yes
42 Streaked laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus Abundant No
43 Variegated laughingthrush Garrulax variegates Rare No
44 Spectacled finch Callacanthis burtoni Rare Yes
45 Yellow-breasted greenfinch Carduelis spinoides Summer visitor Yes
46 Common rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Common Yes
47 Dark-breasted rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis Common Yes
48 Pink-browed rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochrous Common Yes
50 Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo Rare No
51 Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus Becoming rare Yes
52 Asian house martin Delichon dasypus Becoming rare Yes
53 Sand martin Riparia riparia Rare Yes
54 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Rare No
55 Great grey shrike Lanius excubitor Rare Yes
56 Long-tailed shrike Lanius schach Common Yes
57 Red-flanked bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Rare Yes
58 Plumbeous water redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus Common Yes
59 Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata Common Yes
60 Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus Rare Yes
61 White-capped redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus Rare Yes
62 African stonechat Saxicola torquata Rare No
63 Pied bush chat Saxicola caprata Becoming rare No
64 Grey bush chat Saxicola ferreus Common No
65 Chestnut-bellied rock thrush Monticola rufiventris Rare Yes
66 Blue rock thrush Monticola solitarius Rare Yes
67 Blue-capped rock thrush Monticola cinclorhyncha Rare Yes
68 Himalayan rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis Rare Yes
69 Spotted forktail Enicurus maculatus Common Yes
70 Little forktail Enicurus scouler Rare Yes
71 Kashmir flycatcher Ficedula subrubra Rare Yes
72 Slaty-blue flycatcher Ficedula tricolor Rare Yes
73 Little pied flycatcher Ficedula westermanni Rare Yes
74 Common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Abundant Yes
75 Crested lark Galerida cristata Common Resident
76 Indian paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Rare Yes
77 Wire-tailed swallow Hirundo smithii Scarce Summer visitor
78 Blue-throated barbet Psilopogon asiaticus Rare No
79 Great barbet Megalaima virens Rare Yes
80 White wagtail Motacilla alba Rare Yes
81 Upland pipit Anthus sylvanus Rare No
82 Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea Becoming rare Yes
83 Citrine wagtail Motacilla citreola Rare Yes
84 Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava Rare Yes
85 Eurasian golden oriole Oriolus oriolus Rare No
86 Himalayan monal Lophophorus impejanus Rare Yes
87 Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha Rare Yes
88 Chukar partridge Alectoris chukar Rare Yes
89 Himalayan snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis Rare Yes
90 Kalij pheasant Lophura leucomelanos Rare Yes
91 Western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus Rare No
92 Great tit Parus major Becoming rare Yes
93 Green-backed tit Parus monticolus Common No
94 Fire-capped tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps Summer visitor Yes
95 Black-crested tit Parus melanolophus Common Yes
96 Rufous-naped tit Parus rufonuchalis Rare Rare
97 Himalayan black-lored tit Parus xanthogeny Rare Yes
98 House sparrow Passer domesticus Rare Yes
99 Russet sparrow Passer rutilans Rare Yes
100 Rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri Rare No
101 Alpine accentor Prunella collaris Common Yes
102 Rufous-breasted accentor Prunella strophiata Common No
103 Red-vented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Rare Yes
104 Black bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus Rare Yes
105 Himalayan bulbul Pycnontus leucogenys Rare Yes
106 Grey-hooded warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos Rare Yes
107 Pallas's leaf warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Rare No
108 Large-billed leaf warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris Rare Yes
109 White-cheeked nuthatch Sitta leucopsis Rare Yes
110 Tickell's leaf warbler Phylloscopus affinis Rare Yes
111 Snow partridge Lerwa lerwa Rare Yes
112 Common chiffchaff Pucrasia macrolopha Rare Yes
113 Yellow-browed warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Common Yes
114 Greenish warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Becoming rare Yes
115 Scaly-bellied woodpecker Picus squamatus Rare Yes
116 Himalayan woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis Rare Yes
117 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Rare No
118 White-throated fantail Rhipidura albicollis Common Yes
119 Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica Rare Yes
120 Asian barred owlet Glaucidium cuculoides Rare No
121 Kashmir nuthatch Sitta cashmirensis Rare Rare
122 Song thrush Turdus philomelos Rare Yes
123 Tickell's thrush Turdus unicolor Rare Yes
124 Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus Rare Yes
125 Eurasian hoopoe Upupa epops Rare Yes
126 Common myna Acridotheres tristis Rare Yes
127 Common starling Sturnus vulgaris Common Yes
128 Indian white-eye Zosterops palpebrosa Abundant No


References

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  1. ^ "Amazing National Parks of Pakistan". Pakistan Tours Guide. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ "Project Detail". sgp.undp.org. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  3. ^ "The Bears in Musk Deer National Park Gurez, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and their Conflict with Local People". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  4. ^ Ovais, Fareeha Irfan (2015-11-15). "Environment: Plant poachers". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  5. ^ Jahangeer, Muhammad (December 7, 2022). "Study of Bird Diversity in Ghamot National Park Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan" (PDF). Researchers Link. Zoological Society of Pakistan. Retrieved November 18, 2023.


 

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