The Mishmi hill a hill of Edu Mishmi tribe, situated in the Eastern part of Arunahal Pradesh in the district of lower Dibang Valley. The rugged Mishmi hills have barely been explored ornithologically.
During the post-war expedition led by Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley, to a different parts of the hills, the discovery was made of a bird endemic to the region, the Mishmi (or Rusty-throated) Wren-babbler. Although quite common in this remote hills, it remained unrecorded again until December 2004!
To get to the Mishmi hills you need to drive North-east from Tinsukia town in Assam. You will be crossing the huge expense of the Brahmaputra River on a small ferry at Saikhowa Ghat, before continuing across the plane to the state border post, about half an hour’s drive before Roing town. In the river plains, on can get to see some Vultures, as mixed flocks of White-rumped, the very rare Slender-billed and Himalayan Griffon. Our birding area is stretched about 56km along Roing-Mayodia pass road, reaching a maximum elevation of about 2800m. There are extensive areas of bamboo which provide habitat for the superb Blyth’s Tragopan. This high elevation bamboo and road-side vegetations are also home to rarely seen, restricted-range Manipur Fulvetta and to Bar-winged Wren-babbler. Mishmi hill is incredibly versatile in bird habitat, as it has dry shrubberies and low-land bamboo to moist ever-green forest to high altitude bamboo forest, which makes al land paradise for birders.
