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The national bird of India is the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) commonly termed as a Peacock. Vividly colourful and exuding oodles of grace, the Indian Peafowl commands a lot of attention.

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The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into Southeast Asia.

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Dark Grey Bush Chat, Yellowish-green Leaf Warbler and Rhododendron trees in our Wilderness protected forest. 0:00 - The dark grey-Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

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The Shikra or Little Banded Goshawk (Accipiter badius) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers.

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0:00 - River Tern: The river tern (Sterna aurantia) belongs to the family of gulls and terns, the Laridae. These tern species are listed as 'Near Threatened' by IUCN.

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The grey heron (Ardea cinerea), is a wading bird belonging to the family Ardeidae. The heron is a large bird standing up to one meter tall. Its length is 90 to 100 cm and weight is 1,000 to 2,000 grams. It has a wingspan of 175 to 200 cm.

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Indian courser is widespread in South Asia. It is however brighter coloured than the cream-coloured courser and has a broader black eye-stripe that begins at the base of the beak. The crown is chestnut and the breast is rufous.

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The Indian Roller is a pretty bird belonging to the roller family of birds. Known by the name of ‘Blue Jay’ in former times, the brilliance of the colour and beauty of the Indian Roller is captivating in every way.

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The Asian Great Barbets (Megalaima virens) are the largest of all barbet species. The name "Barbet" is derived from the French word "barbe", which means "beard," and in this context refers to the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.

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The Grey-winged Blackbird male has black plumage on head, neck, back and top of underparts. The lower underparts are black with weak greyish scaled effect. The upper wing shows conspicuous greyish-white panel.

wildlife · forest

The grey-Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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The head, neck and breast are black with a bluish spotting on the crown. The shoulders and rump are a duller blue and the underparts are a greyish cream. The long tail is a brighter blue with a broad white tip.

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This bird is known as the Black-capped Sibia or the Rufous Sibia which is its new name. The scientific name of the bird is Heterophasia capistrata. It's roughly the size of a bulbul and is around 21 cms. long.

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The Scarlet Minivet is 20-22 cm long with a strong dark beak and long wings. The male has black upperparts and head, and scarlet underparts, tail edges, rump and wing patches.

livestock · birds

Cattle Egrets develop a rich- yellow-orange head colour when it breeding mode. Here, a huge colony of nesting egrets has colonized a bamboo thicket.

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The plum-headed parakeet is a medium-sized parrot of striking beauty. This Asian parrot can be a good pet, as it is less aggressive and possessive than some other parrot species, and it gets along well with others.

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The Woolly-necked Stork is an elegant bird found in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and SE Asia. The adult has glossy black plumage with blue, green and purple iridescences. Wings and tail are black too.

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The small minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus) belongs to the family of cuckooshrikes and minivets, the Campephagidae. The small minivet species is distributed in Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia.

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Asian Openbill is a small stork with a conspicuous gap in its bill, allowing the bird to catch its preferred food, the freshwater snails. The adult has white plumage in the breeding season and pale grey for rest of the year.

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Sexes alike, but female slightly duller. Dark brown above; black crown, sides of the face; white forehead, broad stripe (brow) to nape; two white-spotted wing-bars, white edges to tail; the black centre of the throat, sides of the breast; w…

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Juvenile white-browed fantail flycatcher tries to peak out from the nest which rests on a tree branch. Sexes alike, but female slightly duller.

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A white-browed fantail flycatcher bird feeds its juvenile in a nest. The juvenile tries peaking out from the nest which is perched on a tree branch. Sexes alike, but female slightly duller.

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White-browed fantail flycatcher juvenile calls for its mother from the nest as it senses danger around. Sexes alike, but female slightly duller.