Manas National Park

Image-Hoko This is a small but beautiful Pigeon found in Manas. The Thick-billed Green Pigeon is very difficult to locate in the tall green tree. Because of its beautiful green plumage, it can easily camouflage in a green background of the tree. This bird has a thick pale greenish bill with the red base, broad bluish Green Eye ring, grey crown and mantle diagnostics. Wings have black primary and secondaries with a yellow outer edge. Underside green in both the sexes. Thighs dark green with whitish scales. IUCN recognized this bird under the Red list  category of least concern but locally it is hunted heavily for meat in the fringe areas of Manas. So regular awareness must to aware mainly teenage from the fringe of Manas.

                                                                                                                                           Image-Hoko Manas is home of beautiful songbird Sultan tit. It is commonly found in woodland with higher and medium-range tall tree canopy cover. Usually seen as single or with a group. Both sexes are looks similar but female plumage little bit dull than male. The young one plumage is similar to the female. They forage insects and sometimes also seen to prefer fig. They have slow and fluttery flight. The Sultan tit is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This is the right time to...