http://sikkimbirds.shoutpost.com A ShoutPost ad-free blog. en-us Copyright by ShoutPost 2007 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:26:24 -0700 RSS 2.0 generation class http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.shoutpost.com/read/sikkimbirds/19937/a-haven-for-birds-sikkim/ <p>Sikkim along with Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh is considered the second largest region in the world in density of bird species after the Andes on the equator in South America. Why so many species in this party of the Himalaya? There may be a hundred hypothesis but the team put forth reasons like the variation of vegetation from tropical to coniferous to artic. Secondly, Sikkim is wet and rainy and so the affinity because many bird species originated in tropical wet areas while others orig ... http://www.shoutpost.com/read/sikkimbirds/19937/a-haven-for-birds-sikkim/ Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:04:21 -0700 Birds Of Sikkim