Phrumsengla National Park (

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: ཕུརམ་སེང་ལ་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་གླིང་ག), formerly Thrumshingla National Park, in central

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covers just over across four

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, but primarily in

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. It is bisected by the

Lateral Road The East-West Highway, also known as the Lateral Road, is the Bhutan primary east–west corridor, connecting Phuentsholing in the southwest to Trashigang in the east. In between, the Lateral Road runs directly through Wangdue Phodrang, Trongsa, ...

, and contains the

Thrumshing La Thrumshing La, also called Thrumshingla Pass and Donga Pass, ( Dzongkha: ཁྲུམས་ཤིང་ལ་; Wylie: ''khrums-shing la''; "Thrumshing Pass"), is the second-highest mountain pass in Bhutan, connecting its central and eastern regio ...

pass.

Flora and fauna

File:Blood Pheasant Phrumsingla National Park Bhutan.jpg, flock of Blood Pheasant File:Spotted Nutcracker Phrumsengla NP Bhutan.jpg, Spotted Nutcracker Phrumsengla is a temperate park with large tracts of old-growth fir forests, its altitudes ranging from to . Phrumsengla is home to six species of threatened birds: the

rufous-necked hornbill The rufous-necked hornbill (''Aceros nipalensis'') is a species of hornbill in Bhutan, northeastern India, especially in Arunachal Pradesh, Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is locally extinct in Nepal due to hunting and significant loss ...

(''Aceros nipalensis''), rufous-throated wren-babbler (''Spelaeornis caudatus''),

satyr tragopan The satyr tragopan (''Tragopan satyra'') also known as the crimson horned pheasant, is a pheasant found in the Himalayan reaches of India, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. They reside in moist oak and rhododendron forests with dense undergrowth and bambo ...

(''Tragopan satyra''),

beautiful nuthatch The beautiful nuthatch (''Sitta formosa'') is a bird species in the family Sittidae, collectively known as nuthatches. It is a large nuthatch, measuring in length, that is not sexually dimorphic. Its coloration and markings are dramatic, the up ...

(''Sitta formosa''),

Ward's trogon Ward's trogon (''Harpactes wardi'') is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. Its range includes the northeastern parts of the Indian subcontinent stretching eastwards to Southeast Asia. It is found in Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Myanmar. It ...

(''Harpactes wardi'') and

Chestnut-breasted partridge The chestnut-breasted partridge (''Arborophila mandellii'') is a partridge species endemic to the eastern Himalayas north of the Brahmaputra, and occurs in Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and south-eastern Tibet at elevations from . ...

(''Arborophila mandellii''), as well as the near-threatened wedge billed wren babbler (''Sphenocichla humei''). Phrumsengla has scenic views, including forests ranging with elevations from alpine to sub-tropical. Because the soil of Phrumsengla's biomes is particularly fragile, the land is unsuitable for logging or other development.

Tourism

The Bhutanese Trust Fund identifies excellent tourism potential for Phrumsengla, as it is bisected by Bhutan's highest motorable road, the

. Nearly 11,000 people live within the Phrumsengla area demonstrating, in the Trust Fund's opinion, the kingdom's "closest success to a harmonious balance between man and nature." The

World Wildlife Fund The World Wide Fund for Nature Inc. (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. It was formerly named the Wo ...

also maintains operations in the park.

References

{{authority control Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests National parks of Bhutan Protected areas of Bhutan Protected areas established in 1998 Bumthang District Lhuntse District Mongar District Zhemgang District 1998 establishments in Bhutan Important Bird Areas of Bhutan

Flora and fauna

Tourism

See also

References