The difficult mountainous terrain of extreme northern Pakistan is short of data on birds. Mr. Shahid Iqbal along with Mr. Waseem Ahmad Khan and Syed Shamim Fakhri were conducting a two-week baseline avian survey in Shimshal valley in Khunjerab National Park during...
Pied Myna (Sturnus contora) was first recorded from Pakistan by Prof. Z. B. Mirza in 1982 in Shahdara in district Sheikhupura. Its dispersal from India advanced to Lahore, Kasur, Changa Manga, Balloki, Nankana Sahib and northwards toKharian and Rasul Head works in...
A Yellow-bellied Fantail Flycatcher (Rhipidura hypoxantha) was sighted in Margallah Hills National Park by Prof. Z. B. Mirza during early summerin 2011 in Margallah Hills National Park between Monal restaurant and Pir Sohawa. It was earlier recorded in winter 2010 in...
A Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) was killed by local community in Domail Bala village, in Upper Neelum valley, AJK in October, 2011. According to Mr. Usman Ali, a representative of Breath Foundation, AJK the wolf caused a damage of around Pak Rs. 150,000/- by killing more...
An unfortunate Smooth coated otter had an accident with a motorbike on a road in Khairpur District of Sindh Province on January 4th, 2012. The otter was injured like the motorbike rider and was then taken by a group of local hooligan boys. The boys tied a rope around...
Smooth coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) is a semi-aquatic mammal belonging to the Order Carnivora and Family Mustellidae. It is known as “Oodh Balao” in Urdu language, “Ludhro” (singular) and “Ludhra” (plural) in Sindhi language, “Ludhar” in Punjabi and “Khuwarr...
