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wildlife · forest

That lovely trilling call you hear is that of the Indian Junglefowl - the progenitor of all domestic fowl around the world! It is followed by the click-click-click of a White-breasted Kingfisher and the distant calls of a Blue-throated Barb…

Uttarakhand·forest

Is that a White-browed Leaf Warbler? Help us identify this species which we observed to be nesting around the high altitude meadows of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

While we were camped out in the lower Himalaya, in search of the thought-to-be-extinct Mountain Quail, we came across this party of White-throated Laughing Thrush birds looking for insects in the under-storey of the forest at the Wilderness…

Uttarakhand·forest

As the cicadas call, a small hunting party of brilliantly-coloured Long-tailed Minivets scout out a Chir Pine tree on Pari Tibba hill below Woodstock School in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

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birds · hills

The colourful Great barbet bird in the himalaya forest of Landour in Uttarakhand. The great barbet (Psilopogon virens) belongs to the family of Asian barbets, Megalaimidae.

birds · wildlife

A beautiful view of different winter birds like orange flanked bush robin, scaly bellied woodpecker, tree creeper and Hill barbet in th forests of Landour, Uttarakhand.

birds · wildlife

A Coppersmith barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet builds nest as she digs nesting hole on a tree in Arunachal Pradesh The Coppersmith Barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith (Megalaima haemacephala) is a bird with crimson forehead a…

forest · birds

A Jungle Babbler tends to its feathers, preening and improving on its feather hygiene, on a silk Cotton flowering tree (called Sehmul in India).

wildlife · birds

Bats on tall trees and barbets calling in the distance, Spoonbill birds nesting in heronries, painted Storks by the hundreds, Openbill Storks and more, as the birding boat skirts the waterways of South India's water-bird sanctuary at Rangan…

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The Indian Pied Hornbill signifies wilderness, sylvan settings, tall forest canopies, fruiting Ficus and other trees. Strong fliers, Hornbills sit and feed in tall forest trees and fly with strong wing beats.

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The jungle babbler is a member of the family Leiothrichidae found in the Indian subcontinent.

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A few Common Myna birds join in, but for the most part these are Jungle and House Crows having a field day, literally! They are enjoying their summer-time bath in a park in Karnataka, India.

birds · forest

A Jungle babbler preening itself and clean its feather to maintain hygiene. The Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata) is an Old World babbler found in the Indian Subcontinent.

Karnataka·wildlife · birds

A short tour of the Ranganathittu bird sanctuary in Bengaluru city in the south Indian state of Karnataka.

birds · forest

A Jungle Myna tends to its nest and brood-to-be, currently consisting of four sky blue eggs.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Green-backed Tit sits on a Cypress Tree in Landour in Uttarakhand. The green-backed tit is found in a variety of deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests ranging from boreal and temperate forests to subtropical or tropical moist lowland fore…

Uttarakhand·forest

Green backed Tit beautifully feeds itself in Landour, India. Green backed Tit flies from one place to another in deciduous forest of Landour.

birds · forest

The Cute Collared Pygmy Owlet rests on a branch of a tree. The Collared Owlet is diurnal and crepuscular. They are usually seen perched on a sparsely foliage branch in a tall forest tree.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Is that a Thick-billed Thrush or another species of ground thrush? Help us identify it! A Turtle Dove sits on a deodar tree branch, while a Himalayan Pied Woodpecker digs into the monsoon mosses on a Oak tree, preening itself along the way.…

birds · wildlife

A group of beautiful Indian Myna birds sits on ficus tress. The myna bird sits on ficus tree in the midst of a forest in india when another myna bird joins in.

wildlife · birds

Little green bee eater sits on the small thorny twig in the forest of Gujarat. The colour of bird camouflage to its habitat. Bee eaters, this species is a richly coloured, slender bird.

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White collared blackbird search and eats insects in the forest of Uttarakhand, India. The bird black with very broad white collar extending from chin to mid-breast and around lower nape and upper mantle and it has yellow beak and yellow leg…