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A Green Barbet pops its head out of its nest-hole, to look out for predators, on guard and watchful before flying out. A Coppersmith of Crimson-breasted Barbet calls in the background audio track, as well as a Magpie-Robin.

farmland · wildlife

This agile bird eats bees and catches insects on the wing, with great dexterity: The Asian Green Bee-eater at the Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi.

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wildlife · birds

Forlorn looking bird with huge yellow eyes and a shy cute face! Stone Curlew protects its eggs in fierce summer sun The Stone Curlew nests at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi.

West Bengal·birds · wildlife

Yuhina, Trogon, Minivet, Shama, Munia, Oriole, Sultan Tit, Niltava, Barbet and more! Variety of birds found in Latpanchar below Darjeeling

hills · birds

The cheery White-cheeked Bulbul of the hills has a jaunty crest atop its head, and a yellow vent below its tail, apart from the white cheek, of course! A common and personable avian if ever there was one...

birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher catches a fly and batters it on the twig it sits on, before consuming part of it, and partly taking it back to its nest for its chicks.

birds · forest

It's tail quivers as it delivers it's lovely call! Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blue sky: Perfect blue on blue! Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and…

hills · birds

Hill Barbet has a wide range from the western to the eastern Himalaya, seen here in West Bengal's Dooars.

wildlife · birds

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie has lovely streaming tail feathers in blue & white: Truly an elegant bird, as seen in our wildfilmsindia mountains.

wildlife · birds

The Black Baza also trips over and loses balance as it tries to poach on ants on its branch, in addition to the green locust treat in its talons! This Black Baza eats ants that pass on a small tree branch, all the while consuming a rodent t…

forest · wildlife

Dark-Grey Bush Chat male approaches chicks with insect feed in its beak, at wildfilmsindia sanctuary Bird eating insect Uttarakhand A male Dark Grey Bush Chat nests in wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya, and successfully fetches grubs…

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Black Bulbul flutters its wings incessantly during summer breeding time at Latpanchar in the Dooars region of West Bengal, all the while chirruping away through its orange beak, to establish and reinforce its territory.

wildlife · birds

The White-rumped Shama is one of India's finest songsters, but this pair chooses to remain silent as it is their breeding season and they do not wish to draw too much attention to themselves.

birds · wildlife

Speckled Piculet in Latpanchar: An inquisitive hyper-active bird that forages along small trunks of trees for larvae, insects and similar hidden gems.

birds · wildlife

Long-tailed Broadbill in Latpanchar: This bird's sharp green and yellow don't always lend to good camouflage! A Brainfever or Common Hawk-Cuckoo calls in the distance.

wildlife · forest

Green-billed Malkoha at Latpanchar : Non-parasitic cuckoo species is related to the Coucal Crow Pheasant The Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) is a species of non-parasitic cuckoo found throughout Indian Subcontinent and Southea…

forest · wildlife

The Black Baza also trips over and loses balance as it tries to poach on ants on its branch, in addition to the green locust treat in its talons! This Black Baza eats ants that pass on a small tree branch, all the while consuming a rodent t…

birds

On a rainy windy day in the Dooars, with a Blue-throated Barbet calling, and a Pied Kingfisher calling out, on a tall deciduous tree, we came across this Oriental Dollarbird which seems to have a strange name for a Roller, a close cousin of…

birds · hills

The male is a red-scarlet sand the female is cheery yellow. Female Scarlet Minivet is the Rani in the Raja-rani duo of Minivets: Flashy-coloured mountain birds that draw attention to themselves.

birds · hills

The male is a red-scarlet sand the female is cheery yellow. Female Scarlet Minivet is the Rani or Queen in the Raja-rani duo of Minivets: Flashy-coloured mountain birds that draw attention to themselves.

wildlife · birds

Sultan Tit displaying by flapping wings, a jaunty little yellow-black fellow, as seen around Latpanchor forests in West Bengal.

birds · wildlife

The rather orange White-browed Piculet as seen in a rare sighting from West Bengal's Rongtong - Latpanchar - Mahananda birding belt.