High Commissioner Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri highlights beauty of wildlife in Pakistan

Canberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week highlighted the beauty of wildlife in Pakistan.

“Beauty of nature. Kalij Pheasant in Margalla Hills National Park,” he posted on X with a picture.

The Kalij pheasant is one of the most beautiful pheasants found in forests and thickets. They are especially found in the area of the Himalayan foothills.

In Pakistan, they are found in Margalla Hills National park in a large number. It is also considered as the bird of Margalla. Both male and female are beautiful, male is having glossy bluish-black plumage and females are brownish.

In Margalla they are found everywhere in thick forests and also foothill area of Margalla hills. They are very shy birds so mostly avoid human presence. As in the Margalla Hills area, they are protected from hunting so they are growing in good numbers. I hiked 2 Km to reach a water stream where they mostly come to drink water.