Wildlife of Annapurna Conservation Area
protected area · Nepal
Annapurna Conservation Area is a protected area in Nepal covering about 7,538 km². Our database links 18 mammals and 470 birds species to it.
What wildlife can you see at Annapurna Conservation Area?
At least 18 mammal and 470 bird species are recorded at Annapurna Conservation Area (GBIF records and our guides; small mammals and bats are under-recorded). Species visitors look for include Snow Leopard, Blue Sheep and Bearded Vulture.
Species to look for
Mammals most often recorded
- Nepalese Field Mouse 62 rec.
- House Mouse 29 rec.
- Himalayan Field Mouse 12 rec.
- Nepal Sacred Langur 10 rec.
- Domestic Horse 7 rec.
- Stoliczka's Mountain Vole 7 rec.
- Blue Sheep 6 rec.
- Long-tailed Field Mouse 4 rec.
- Turkistan Rat 4 rec.
- Blyth's Mountain Vole 4 rec.
- Domestic Yak 3 rec.
- Himalayan Large-clawed Shrew 3 rec.
- Gray Wolf 3 rec.
- Domestic Goat 3 rec.
- Eurasian Pygmy Shrew 3 rec.
- Yellow-throated Marten 3 rec.
- Woolly Hare 3 rec.
- Snow Leopard · listed by our guide
Birds most often recorded
- Large-billed Crow 1,860 rec.
- Himalayan Griffon 1,319 rec.
- Blue Whistling-Thrush 1,219 rec.
- Green-backed Tit 1,058 rec.
- Rufous Sibia 960 rec.
- Gray-hooded Warbler 885 rec.
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 874 rec.
- Himalayan Bulbul 821 rec.
- Black Bulbul 795 rec.
- Bearded Vulture 791 rec.
- Great Barbet 765 rec.
- Gray Bushchat 731 rec.
- Red-billed Chough 723 rec.
- Gray Wagtail 663 rec.
- Plumbeous Redstart 648 rec.
- Oriental Turtle-Dove 645 rec.
- White-capped Redstart 605 rec.
- Rock Pigeon 576 rec.
- Whiskered Yuhina 571 rec.
- Russet Sparrow 557 rec.
- Blue-fronted Redstart 555 rec.
- Black Kite 542 rec.
- Eurasian Kestrel 537 rec.
- Yellow-billed Chough 531 rec.
- Verditer Flycatcher 518 rec.
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush 518 rec.
- Streaked Laughingthrush 513 rec.
- Gray-backed Shrike 505 rec.
- White-tailed Nuthatch 502 rec.
- Red-vented Bulbul 502 rec.
440 more birds on the full list.
In our guides
Visiting tips, access and seasons: Annapurna Conservation Area in our Nepal guide.
1 species are listed for this place by our own guides.
GBIF download for Nepal: doi:10.15468/dl.z7ve6x.
Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.