BHUTAN
BIRD
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HABITATS
Bhutan still has pristine and diverse habitats that sustain quality birdlife. Majority of the bird habitats are forests, and a tiny portion of the habitats includes freshwater rivers, marshlands and savannah grasslands.
Protected Area Habitats
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About 51 percent of the country’s total area is a network of protected parks, reserve, sanctuaries and biological corridors for the free movement of wildlife (DoFPS, 2019). Type of protected areas are:
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5 National Parks (transboundary parks)
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1 Reserve
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4 Wildlife Sanctuaries
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11 Biological corridors
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Flora and Fauna: One of the top ranking biodiversity in the world, Bhutan is known to have over 745 species of birds, 5,600 species of plants (94% native species) and about 200 species of mammals (27 of them are globally threatened).
Habitat's vegetation and elevation
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Tropical/Subtropical: Semi-evergreen, deciduous broadleaved forests and chir pine forests in various pockets (100-2,000m) with savannah grasslands at elevation less than 500m.
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Temperate: Warm and cool broadleaved mixed with conifer temperate forests, blue pine, fir forests (2,000-4,000m).
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Alpine: Alpine meadows and scrubs of juniper, rhododendron, medicinal and herbs (above 4,000m), (MOAF, 2014).


Important Bird Areas
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23 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) consisting of various habitats.
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The tropical/subtropical habitats are rich and healthy in bird diversity, and the temperate habitats are second rich in bird diversity.
