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The Common Crane is a medium-sized bird that has also been called the Eurasian Crane. Breeding grounds for the species are found in the wetlands of northern Europe and Asia, and they mostly nest in Russia and Scandinavia.

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The lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa with another population in India. Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered vagrants.

wildlife · birds

Gulls, often referred to as seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders.

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A Coppersmith barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet builds nest as she digs nesting hole on a Red Silk cotton tree at at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Delhi.

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Jungle babbler feeds on flowers of a Red Silk cotton tree at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Delhi. The jungle babbler (Turdoides striata) is a member of the Leiothrichidae family found in the Indian subcontinent.

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Red-vented Bulbul sits on a branch of a Red Silk cotton tree at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Delhi. The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is a member of the bulbul family of passerines.

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Rufous Tree pie (a species of magpie) eats blossoms of Bombax ceiba or Red Silk cotton tree at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Delhi.

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A Coppersmith barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet builds nest as she digs nesting hole on a Red Silk cotton tree at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Delhi.

birds · wildlife

A Brown-headed barbet perches on a Red Silk cotton tree at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Delhi. The brown-headed barbet or large green barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus) is an Asian barbet.

birds · flowers

A male Purple Sunbird perches on a Red Silk cotton tree at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Delhi.

birds · wildlife

Large Green Barbet chicks outside their nest-hole. Parent Barbet feeding a chick in the tree-trunk nest-hole. The Brown-headed Barbet or Large Green Barbet is an Asian barbet.

village · birds

Black headed Oriole is found throughout India and can be seen in single or pairs on leafy trees.

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Adorable little sparrows feeding themselves on a footpath. Sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae.

birds · flowers

A Red-vented Bulbul incubates eggs at her nest in our Wilderness garden, Delhi. The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is a member of the bulbul family of passerines.

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The coppersmith barbet, crimson-breasted barbet or coppersmith (Psilopogon haemacephalus), is a bird with crimson forehead and throat which is best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a h…

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A Retriever dog is scared off by a pair of Lapwings, from near their nest. The dog is on her morning walk but takes heeds to the bird's warnings and stays away from their nest with eggs that are laid in a scrape in the ground.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

This is an example of how NOT to treat a wild bird - this is not how we would normally film a bird in the wild, and appears to be terribly intrusive, but this was done as documentation for and by the Forest department which was monitoring t…

Rajasthan·forest · wildlife

A group of foreign tourists take a boat tour through Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary. Visitors also take rickshaw for ride inside the park.

birds · wildlife

The red vented bulbul is a medium-sized bird about the same size as a starling (20 cm). Red vented bulbuls are active birds with a generally dark in appearance with a white abdomen and rump and a distinctive crimson-red patch beneath its ta…

river · wildlife

The Australasian pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) is a fairly small passerine bird. It belongs to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae.

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The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent, eastwards towards parts of Southeast Asia.

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See how and why the phrase got coined! Water falls on a rare White-winged Wood Duck's back and literally drips or rolls off, without wetting the bird.

wildlife · birds

The common buzzard, a bird of prey whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. Over much of its range, it is resident year-round, but birds from the colder parts of the northern hemisphere typically migrate south for the northe…