 Key animal species sighted are markhor ("Capra falconeri"), Himalayan musk deer ("Moschus leucogaster"), Himalayan brown bear ("Ursus arctos"), Himalayan black bear ("Ursus thibetanus"), common leopard ("Panthera pardus"), Himalayan marmot ("Marmota caudata") ,yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) and small Kashmir flying squirrel ("Eoglaucomys fimbriatus").The Kazinag National Park is home to about 120 species of birds including the golden eagle ("Aquila chrysaetos"), Impeyan or monal pheasant ("Lophophorus impejanus"), cheer pheasant ("Catreus wallichii"), sparrow hawk ("Accipiter nisus melaschistos"), snow pigeon ("Columba leuconota"), cuckoo ("Cuculus canorus"), Himalayan pied kingfisher ("Ceryle lugubris"), lesser pied kingfisher ("Ceryle rudis"), nutcracker ("Nucifraga caryocatactes"), jackdaw ("Corvus monedula"), long tailed minivet ("Pericrocotus flammeus"), sooty flycatcher ("Muscicapa infuscata"), Kashmir red breasted flycatcher ("Ficedula subrubra") and yellow throated martin ("Martes flavigula").The park is home to 17 species of butterflies which include regal Apollo ("Parnassius charltonius"), common blue Apollo ("Parnassius hardwickii"), common red Apollo ("Parnassius epaphus"), brown argus ("Ypthima hyagriva"), meadow brown ("Hyponephele pulchra"), narrow-banded satyr ("Aulocera brahminus") and large tortoiseshell ("Nymphalis xanthomelas").