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The cute tiny Oriental White-eye builds its hammock nest in an Ashoka tree, in the big bad city of New Delhi

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A female Indian Robin (Saxicloides fulicata or Copsychus fulicatus) calling from the ground on a forest floor covered in dry leaves.

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An Indian grey hornbill (Ocyceros birostris) perched on a bare branch against a pale sky. The bird has grey-brown plumage, a long curved bill with a small casque on top, and a long tail edged with white.

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A group of budgerigars, also known as budgies, kept in an aviary with birds in green, yellow, blue, turquoise, and white colour variations. The birds perch, preen, and rest on clay pots, wooden structures, and other parts of the enclosure.

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A quiet orchard turns out to be full of birds. Two black kites (Milvus migrans) sit on a branch against a clear blue sky, while a Coppersmith Barbet shows off its red forehead and yellow throat in the leaves.

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Oriental Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) arriving at the entrance of a hollow tree trunk where her chicks are waiting. With grey upperparts, a white wing patch, and white underparts visible as she lands at the nest cavity.

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A female Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicatus or Copsychus fulicatus) using a narrow crack between concrete wall panels as a nest site.

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Fourteen-spotted lady beetles (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata) on green and silvery-green leaves.

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White-throated Laughingthrushes feeding in a tree with small round fruit in a cool, misty Himalayan setting. The birds have olive-brown plumage, bright white throats and upper chests, warm buff underparts, and dark facial markings.

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A Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) perches on a bare branch against a clear blue sky, warming itself in the morning sun.

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A Cuckoo perched on a leafy branch in a Himalayan forest habitat. The bird has rufous-brown upperparts, a finely barred head, a white underside with dark barring, and a long tail marked with dark and buff bands.

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The footage shows a large flock of Rock Pigeons (Columba livia) gathered on a paved roadside verge as people scatter grain for them.

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A Crested hawk-eagle perched among pine branches in a Himalayan hill forest. The bird has a prominent upright dark crest, yellow eyes, a dark head, and brown plumage with lighter streaking and barring across the underparts, wings, and tail.…

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Two common Indian garden birds, a Brown-headed Barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus) and an Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus).

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Two young Rock Pigeon squabs (Columba livia) huddled together in a nest tucked into a wooden ledge. Their developing grey plumage remains partly covered by wispy yellow down, characteristic of young nestling pigeons.

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A Brown-headed Barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus) feeding on seeds of Lantana (Lantana camara) in its natural habitat. The bird remains alert while picking and eating the seeds from the plant.

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An Indian Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros birostris) perched on a tree trunk above a nesting cavity. The hornbill regurgitates green plant material and places it into the cavity where its chicks are being raised.

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A Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) bathing in a shallow puddle on the forest floor. The bird dips into the water and fluffs its feathers among fallen leaves and small twigs.

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A female Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephala) perched among glossy green foliage.

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A Black Redstart perched on a bare, weathered branch, with low sunlight illuminating its rufous-orange underparts against its grey head and the blue sky.

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A Black-throated Bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus) perched on a bare-leaved tree in the Himalayan region. The small bird remains alert while looking around from the branch.

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Hundreds of birds circling above Gazipur on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border. Many of the birds are Black Kites (Milvus migrans), using rising air currents to remain aloft in wide, looping circles.

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A White-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) perched on rocks beside a Himalayan river or mountain stream. The bird displays its contrasting black plumage, white crown, and rich red coloration on the belly, rump, and tail.