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wildlife · birds

Wild India: Indian wildlife seems to get straight-jacketed into a mould that almost entirely comprises of the tiger! This is rather sad as the tiger is just one of the more prominent species that strikes us as beautiful and rare in the Indi…

wildlife · birds

Shown earlier in the video here is The Little Grebe also known as the Dabchick swimming. Please help us identify the ducks shown in the later part of the video the group is either The Pacific Black Duck or the Sunda Teal and Wandering Whist…

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Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia.

birds · flowers

Poking its neck out of its nest-hole in the tree-trunk of a bakain or Persian Lilac tree, this tota surveys the world outside before venturing out, lest it expose its nest location to potential predators or baby bird / pet hunters! Melia az…

birds · wildlife

Frugivorous Large Green Barbet at its nest-hole... The Brown-headed Barbet or Large Green Barbet is an Asian barbet. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution.

forest · wildlife

Is that an Asian Koel species? Well, it does look like a Koel or other species of cuckoo, though! Any ideas? 982 species of bird have been recorded in the wild in Thailand, of which three are endemic, one introduced by humans, and 45 rare o…

Uttarakhand·birds

According to Wikipedia: "Bulbuls are a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds. Many forest species are known as greenbuls.

Rajasthan·birds

Greater Spotted Eagle, Desert National Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. It is sitting on a Capparis sepiaria bush - caper or dela.

birds · wildlife

Large Green Barbet chicks outside their nest-hole. Parent Barbet feeding a chick in the tree-trunk nest-hole. The Green Barbet or Stactolaema olivacea is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.

wildlife · birds

Red wattled Lapwing approaching its clutch of eggs... After warily circling its clutch of eggs in an exposed nest on the ground, this titeeri then settles down to incubate them! Red-wattled Lapwing or titeeri (Vanellus indicus) is a very c…

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Bay-backed Shrike or Butcher bird in Corbett. Also, a flock of Common Baya Weaver Birds (Ploceus philippinus) in a chaur grassland near Dhikala in Corbett National Park, India.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Red-vented Bulbul in Corbett Red-vented Bulbul and another unidentified species. Can anyone help identify this one? Is it a sparrow of sorts or an immature bird of some common species? Do advise! The Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is…

wildlife · birds

Peacock in close-up! The Indian Peafowl is really a pheasant. It's just that we have got used to giving it an independent identity of its own! The Indian Peafowl or Blue Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is a large and brightly coloured bird of the…

birds · wildlife

Red-vented Bulbul and another unidentified species. Can anyone help identify this one? Is it a sparrow of sorts or an immature bird of some common species? Do advise! The Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is a member of the bulbul family…

wildlife · birds

Red wattled Lapwing approaching its clutch of eggs... After warily circling its clutch of eggs in an exposed nest on the ground, this titeeri then settles down to incubate them! Red-wattled Lapwing or titeeri (Vanellus indicus) is a very c…

Madhya Pradesh·birds · wildlife

Bandhavgarh - Bird's Paradise. Black Ibis on a tree-top at King's Lodge, Bandhavgarh, India.

Madhya Pradesh·wildlife · birds

Red junglefowl in Bandhavgarh. Junglefowl are the four living species of bird from the genus Gallus in the Gallinaceous bird order, which occur in India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Indonesia.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Red Junglefowl scratching around in fallen forest leaves. Junglefowl are the four living species of bird from the genus Gallus in the Gallinaceous bird order, which occur in India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Indonesia.

river · wildlife

White-breasted Dipper on the river Teesta. According to Wikipedia: The White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus), also known as the European Dipper or just Dipper is an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe and the Middle East.

snow · wildlife

Snow Pigeons seen in Yumthang valley of north Sikkim, beyond Lachung village and the Singba Rhododendron sanctuary! The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

snow · wildlife

The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen.

wildlife · birds

White-breasted Dipper on the Teesta river near Thangu, north Sikkim. According to Wikipedia: The White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus), also known as the European Dipper or just Dipper is an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe and the…

birds · wildlife

Parakeets mating, while awkwardly perched and just about balancing on a thin twig! A pair of parakeets sit on a thin branch of a tree.