Distribution:
The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large wading bird breeding in the warmer parts of Europe (north to Estonia), northwest Africa, and southwest Asia (east to southern Kazakhstan). It is a strong migrant, wintering mainly in tropical Africa, down to the south of South Africa, and also in the Indian subcontinent.

Description:
It is a huge bird, 100-125 cm (40-50 in.) tall, with a 155-200 cm (61-79 in) wingspan and a weight of 2.3-4.5 kg (5-10 lbs). It is completely white except for the black wing flight feathers, and its red bill and legs, which are black on juveniles. It walks slowly and steadily on the ground. Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched.

Conservation status:
Threatened species, 2006 IUCN Red

Distribution:
It is a widespread, but rare, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe, predominantly in central and eastern regions.It is found in India, Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and Makalu Barun National Park, Koshi and Chitwan of Nepal.

Description:
This is a large bird, nearly 1 m tall with a 1.8 m wingspan, weighing around 3 kilograms. It is all black except for the white belly and axillaries, and its red bill and legs. It walks slowly and steadily on the ground. Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched. The Black Stork, feeds mainly on fish and also amphibians and insects. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork.

Conservation status:
Threatened species, 2006 IUCN Red List

Distribution:
The Cheer Pheasant is the resident bird distributed in the highlands and scrublands of the Himalayas region of India, Nepal and Pakistan. In Nepal, it is found in Annapurna Conservation area project (ACAP) and Dhorpatan area.

Description:
These birds lack the color and brilliance of most pheasants, with buffy gray plumage and long gray crests. Its long tail is gray and brown. The female is slightly smaller in overall size.It has long, broadly barred tail, pronounced crest, and red facial skin. Male is more cleanly and strongly marked than female, with pronounced barring on mantle, unmarked neck and broader barring across tail. It lives for 4-6 years.

Conservation status:
Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of CITES. While an endangered species, there are attempts to reintroduce captive bred Cheer Pheasant in Pakistan.

Distribution:
This is a resident bird found in Himalayas. It is found in temperate and sub-alpine forest.

Description:
Male has red under parts with black- bordered white spots and olive brown coloration to upperparts. Facial skin is blue. Female generally has rufous tone to under parts.

Distribution:
This is a resident bird, found in Himalayas, NE India, Bangladesh and Western Ghats. Found in mature forest.

Description:
The great hornbill also commonly known as the concave-casqued hornbill is a large bird with a very large bill, which bears a sizable, brightly colored, horny growth- the casque. The body is mostly black with a white neck, wing coverts and flight feathers. Its size is 100-120 cm (40-48 in.) and 150 cm (5 ft) with wingspan. The average weight is 3 gm and male grows larger than female.

Conservation status:
Listed in DNPWC act 2029 appendix I, CITES appendix I and IUCN Red Data Book as lower risk/near threatened.

Distribution:
It is the National bird of Nepal, where it is known as the Danfe, and the state bird of Uttarakhand. This is a residential bird found mostly in the Himalayas.

Description:
It is a relatively large sized bird with reference to family Phasianidae. About 70 cm in length, the weight of males and females range between 1980-2380g and 1800-2150g respectively. Adult males possess a long crest, are feathered with multicoloured plumage throughout their body, while the females, like in other pheasants, are dull in colour with the upper parts covered with dark brownish-black feathers. Notable features in males are a long crest that is metallic green, changeable reddish copper on the back and sides of the neck and, a prominent white back and rump while in flight (birds of northwestern India lack this). Tail feathers of males are uniformly rufous being darker towards the tips, where as the lower tail coverts of females are white, barred with black and rufous. Females have a prominent white patch in the fore neck and a white strip on the tail. First year males and immatures resemble females, but first year males are larger and the immatures are less distinctly marked.

Conservation status:
Listed in DNPWC Act 2029 Appendix I; listed in CITES Appendix I. Threatened species, 2006 IUCN Red List. This bird is poached for its valuable feathers and for meat. Also due to forest degradation and habitat encroachment, its existence is in danger.

Distribution:
The Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indica) is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Sypheotides. It breeds in Pakistan, and is a rare summer visitor in Nepal. Found in dry grassland and crops.

Description:
Small, slim, long necked bustard. Male breeding has spatulate tipped head plumes, black head/neck and under- parts and white wing coverts show as patch on closed wing, but have less white on wing than Bengal Florican. Non-breeding male similar to female, but has white wing coverts. Female and immature are sandy or cinnamon buff; separated from female/immature Bengal florican by smaller size and slimmer appearance, heavily marked wing- coverts and rufuos rather than buff background coloration to barred flight feathers.

Conservation status:
Endangered, 2006 IUCN Red list

Distribution:
Found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Burma. In Nepal, mostly found in Lumbini and Western terai regions. The species has been extinct from Malaysia, Thailand and Phillipines

Description:
It is a very large crane, averaging 156 cm (5 ft) in length, which is found in freshwater marshes and plains. Adults are grey with a bare red head and white crown and a long dark pointed bill. In flight, the long neck is kept straight and the black wing tips can be seen; their long red or pink legs trail behind them. The sexes do not differ in color, but young birds are duller and browner. On average the male is larger than the female; Indian males can attain a maximum height of approximately 200 cm (6.6 ft), with a wingspan of 250 cm (8.5 ft), making them the world's tallest living flying bird. The average weight is 7.3 kg.

Conservation status:
Listed in DNPWC 2029 Act Appendix I, CITES Appendix I and IUCN Red Data Book as lower risk/near threatened.