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The Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary (also spelled Bumdelling or Bomdeling), which contains the former Kulong Chu Wildlife Sanctuary, covers in northeastern
Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
at elevations between and . The sanctuary covers most of Trashiyangtse District, including Bumdeling Gewog. The sanctuary was planned in 1995 and established in 1998. It contains diverse
flora Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' ...
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, and scenery including alpine lakes and the Bumdeling Valley. The sanctuary also contains several cultural and religious sites. In the park live 3,000 resident households. The sanctuary is located in the basin of one of the largest rivers of Buthan and Kholong Chu, Drangme Chu. The sanctuary has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports
black-necked crane The black-necked Crane (''Grus nigricollis'') is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan. It is 139 cm (55 in) long with a 235 cm (7.8 ft) wingspan, and it weighs ...
s (it is one of the country's two wintering sites), wood snipes and grey-crowned prinias. As of 2007, there was a record of the
white-tailed eagle The white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla'') is a very large species of sea eagle widely distributed across temperate Eurasia. Like all eagles, it is a member of the family Accipitridae (or accipitrids) which includes other diurnal raptors ...
, a first for the sanctuary. It is listed in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO inclusion. Ludlow's Bhutan Swallowtail, the only endemic butterfly in Bhutan and in the world, lives here.


See also

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List of protected areas of Bhutan The protected areas of Bhutan are its national parks, nature preserves, and wildlife sanctuaries. Most of these protected areas were first set aside in the 1960s, originally covering most of the northern and southern regions of Bhutan. Today, pro ...
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Black-necked cranes in Bhutan Black-necked cranes in Bhutan (''Grus nigricollis'') are winter visitors during late October to mid February to the Phobjikha Valley as well as Ladakh, India, and Arunachal Pradesh, India. They arrive from the Tibetan Plateau, where they breed in ...


References

Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests Wildlife sanctuaries of Bhutan Protected areas established in 1998 Lhuntse District Mongar District Trashiyangtse District Important Bird Areas of Bhutan Ramsar sites in Bhutan Protected areas of Bhutan {{Asia-protected-area-stub