The Ghamot National Park also spelt Gumot is a national park in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in Neelam District of AJK and it was established in 2004. Conservation efforts in the Gumot National Park are funded by the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme and implemented by the Himalayan Wildlife Foundation. The national park is significant as it hosts a connected population of the threatened Himalayan Brown Bear of Pakistan, connected through a network of national parks in northern Pakistan including the Deosai National Park and Musk Deer National Park. The park also hosts a population of the threatened musk deer.
Fauna List of birds found in the national park. # Name Scientific name Status Breeding 1 Himalayan vulture Gyps himalayensis Rare No 2 Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Rare No 3 Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Rare Yes 4 Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus Rare No 5 Pallid harrier Circus macrourus Rare No 6 Common swift Apus apus Common Yes 7 Pacific swift Apus pacificus Common Yes 8 Little swift Circus macrourus Common Yes 9 Long-tailed minivet Pericrocotus ethologus Becoming rare Yes 10 Rosy minivet Pericrocotus roseus Rare Yes 11 Orange minivet Pericrocotus flammeus Common Yes 12 Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto Rare Yes 13 Red collared dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Rare Yes 14 Spotted dove Spilopelia chinensi Rare Yes 15 Rock dove Columba livia Common No 16 Oriental turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis Rare Yes 17 Yellow-billed blue magpie Urocissa flavirostris Rare No 18 Spotted nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Rare Yes 19 Alpine chough Pyrrhocorax graculus Rare No 20 Red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Rare No 21 Large-billed crow Corvus macrorhynchos Common Yes 22 European roller Coracias garrulous Common Yes 23 Indian roller Coracias benghalensis Rare Yes 24 Grey-bellied cuckoo Cacomantis passerines Rare Yes 25 Jacobin cuckoo Tadorna tadorna Rare Yes 26 Asian koel Eudynamys scolopacea Rare Yes 27 Plain prinia Prinia inornata Common Yes 28 Zitting cisticola Cisticola juncidis Common Yes 29 Himalayan prinia Prinia criniger Becoming rare Yes 30 Common tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Rare No 31 Brown dipper Cinclus pallasii Rare No 32 Bar-tailed treecreeper Certhia himalayana Rare No 33 Eurasian treecreeper Certhia familiaris Common No 34 Black drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Common Yes 35 Ashy drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Abundant Yes 36 Scaly-breasted munia Lonchura punctulata Common No 37 Rock bunting Emberiza cia Common Yes 38 Crested bunting Melophus lathami Common Yes 39 Chestnut-eared bunting Emberiza fucata Rare Yes 40 Pine bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Common Yes 41 White-capped bunting Emberiza stewarti Common Yes 42 Streaked laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus Abundant No 43 Variegated laughingthrush Garrulax variegates Rare No 44 Spectacled finch Callacanthis burtoni Rare Yes 45 Yellow-breasted greenfinch Carduelis spinoides Summer visitor Yes 46 Common rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Common Yes 47 Dark-breasted rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis Common Yes 48 Pink-browed rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochrous Common Yes 50 Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo Rare No 51 Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus Becoming rare Yes 52 Asian house martin Delichon dasypus Becoming rare Yes 53 Sand martin Riparia riparia Rare Yes 54 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Rare No 55 Great grey shrike Lanius excubitor Rare Yes 56 Long-tailed shrike Lanius schach Common Yes 57 Red-flanked bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Rare Yes 58 Plumbeous water redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus Common Yes 59 Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata Common Yes 60 Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus Rare Yes 61 White-capped redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus Rare Yes 62 African stonechat Saxicola torquata Rare No 63 Pied bush chat Saxicola caprata Becoming rare No 64 Grey bush chat Saxicola ferreus Common No 65 Chestnut-bellied rock thrush Monticola rufiventris Rare Yes 66 Blue rock thrush Monticola solitarius Rare Yes 67 Blue-capped rock thrush Monticola cinclorhyncha Rare Yes 68 Himalayan rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis Rare Yes 69 Spotted forktail Enicurus maculatus Common Yes 70 Little forktail Enicurus scouler Rare Yes 71 Kashmir flycatcher Ficedula subrubra Rare Yes 72 Slaty-blue flycatcher Ficedula tricolor Rare Yes 73 Little pied flycatcher Ficedula westermanni Rare Yes 74 Common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Abundant Yes 75 Crested lark Galerida cristata Common Resident 76 Indian paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Rare Yes 77 Wire-tailed swallow Hirundo smithii Scarce Summer visitor 78 Blue-throated barbet Psilopogon asiaticus Rare No 79 Great barbet Megalaima virens Rare Yes 80 White wagtail Motacilla alba Rare Yes 81 Upland pipit Anthus sylvanus Rare No 82 Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea Becoming rare Yes 83 Citrine wagtail Motacilla citreola Rare Yes 84 Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava Rare Yes 85 Eurasian golden oriole Oriolus oriolus Rare No 86 Himalayan monal Lophophorus impejanus Rare Yes 87 Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha Rare Yes 88 Chukar partridge Alectoris chukar Rare Yes 89 Himalayan snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis Rare Yes 90 Kalij pheasant Lophura leucomelanos Rare Yes 91 Western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus Rare No 92 Great tit Parus major Becoming rare Yes 93 Green-backed tit Parus monticolus Common No 94 Fire-capped tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps Summer visitor Yes 95 Black-crested tit Parus melanolophus Common Yes 96 Rufous-naped tit Parus rufonuchalis Rare Rare 97 Himalayan black-lored tit Parus xanthogeny Rare Yes 98 House sparrow Passer domesticus Rare Yes 99 Russet sparrow Passer rutilans Rare Yes 100 Rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri Rare No 101 Alpine accentor Prunella collaris Common Yes 102 Rufous-breasted accentor Prunella strophiata Common No 103 Red-vented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Rare Yes 104 Black bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus Rare Yes 105 Himalayan bulbul Pycnontus leucogenys Rare Yes 106 Grey-hooded warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos Rare Yes 107 Pallas's leaf warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Rare No 108 Large-billed leaf warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris Rare Yes 109 White-cheeked nuthatch Sitta leucopsis Rare Yes 110 Tickell's leaf warbler Phylloscopus affinis Rare Yes 111 Snow partridge Lerwa lerwa Rare Yes 112 Common chiffchaff Pucrasia macrolopha Rare Yes 113 Yellow-browed warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Common Yes 114 Greenish warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Becoming rare Yes 115 Scaly-bellied woodpecker Picus squamatus Rare Yes 116 Himalayan woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis Rare Yes 117 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Rare No 118 White-throated fantail Rhipidura albicollis Common Yes 119 Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica Rare Yes 120 Asian barred owlet Glaucidium cuculoides Rare No 121 Kashmir nuthatch Sitta cashmirensis Rare Rare 122 Song thrush Turdus philomelos Rare Yes 123 Tickell's thrush Turdus unicolor Rare Yes 124 Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus Rare Yes 125 Eurasian hoopoe Upupa epops Rare Yes 126 Common myna Acridotheres tristis Rare Yes 127 Common starling Sturnus vulgaris Common Yes 128 Indian white-eye Zosterops palpebrosa Abundant No
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