21 December, 2025 – 27 December, 2025. Top pick of India’s threatened wildlife in photographs this week. All photographic content is © by the respective photographers.
A drongo challenges a tiger somewhere in the jungles of India and lives to tell the tale.
Conservation Status: Endangered (Tiger)
Photograph: Rana Roy Choudhary / Facebook
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That dramatic display isn’t just for show or in jest.
Lion-tailed macaques use facial expressions and vocal threats to defend territory and maintain social order. Found only in the rainforests of the Western Ghats, their survival depends on intact, connected forests.
Conservation Status: Endangered
Photograph: Shafi Wild / Instagram
The brown palm civet moves through Western Ghats forests after dark, feeding on wild fruits and quietly shaping the forest by dispersing seeds. Rarely seen, rarely heard — yet essential to the life of these rainforests.
Conservation Status: Least Concern but endemic to the Western Ghats
Photograph: Dhritiman Mukherjee / Instagram
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Hornbills depend on large, old trees for nesting and fruiting, making them powerful indicators of intact rainforest ecosystems in places like Anamalai Tiger Reserve.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Photograph: Kingshlin Andrews / Instagram
Paws up, lifted to the facing light, this Black Panther from Kabini landscape of Karnataka sure is in a playful mood.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Photograph: Mithun photography / Instagram
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A rare side-by-side moment: a juvenile Egyptian vulture, still dark and scruffy, stands opposite an adult with its pale face and lighter wings. Two stages of the same species, captured in the Desert National Park.
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Photograph: Soma Modi / Instagram
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