Butterflies of Pakistan

The Butterflies of Pakistan are amazing. We will add more photographs to this page.

Common Peacock Islbirder
Plain Tiger MsIslbirder

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Rare Birds Found in Pakistan

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Islbirder was birding on the muddy perimeter of a West Midlands Industrial Estate in the centre of the England looking for a Hume’s Warbler, the first record for the Region and a British Tick. It was freezing cold with squally and heavy showers. He was thinking what on earth am I doing here? It was only a few short weeks ago that Hume’s Warbler was a regular visitor to his Islamabad garden. At the same time RMK had taken a week away from his office to undertake an expedition to photograph some of the resident species and exciting winter visitors to Pakistan. RMK takes up the story of his memorable birding holiday. It’s been a strange winter and I am very sorry to inform you that this year the numbers of birds visiting Islamabad and Punjab appear to be reduced. On Saturday 25 January 2014 I visited Trail 5 within the Margalla Hills National Park. This was the famous Trail 5 that we had visited on many occasions and seen such wonderful species. However, birds were few. The C...
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Kalar Kahar 62 Species

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On Saturday 13 July 2013 we made our way to the Kalar Kahar area, Punjab to look for new species for our Pakistan List. We had decided to arrive early to give ourselves the chance of locating one, or more, of the famous population of Indian Peafowl. Whilst some would consider that these particular Indian Peafowl something of a plastic tick; they are countable and appear as number 353 on my list of species recorded in Pakistan. The first INDIAN PEAFOWL we saw was a stunning male perched on a fence. Not the best evidence of “wild” status. The local community looks after the birds so they show little fear. However, we saw about a dozen or so and some acted more like wild birds, those that stalked the woodland area. Whether these birds comprise a feral population, like the Monk Parakeets in Miami, Florida, or not these beautiful photographs portray this amazing species so dramatically. Once again the photographers have done a fantastic job.   Male Indian Peafowl Sarel van Zyl ...
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Changla Gali Part One

On Sunday 3 June 2012 we drove up to Changla Gali in the Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Our destination was Le Grande Hotel perched at a height of 9,200 feet in the Galyat Hills. We had stayed there before and within the area around the hotel we had previously recorded some exciting species. Our friends, who are relatively new birders, were with us and we hoped we would add a significant number of new species to their Pakistan Lists. Above the entrance to Le Grande several pairs of ASIAN HOUSE MARTIN had built their nests that contained young on the verge of fledging. Around the hotel more than 100 adults hunted insects on the wing. With such good views it was straightforward to differentiate this species from Northern House Martin: the duskier underparts and shallow forked tail were indicative. Other buildings within the village also supported nesting pairs. By the time we had dumped our bags it was mid-afternoon with a strong wind blowing and not the best time to...
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