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0:00 - Lesser adjutant stork: A large stork with a completely bare head and neck ideal for its scavenging habits. The adult’s face is red and the neck is yellow while the juvenile has a brownish head and a white, thinly-feathered neck.

birds · forest

The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent, eastwards towards parts of Southeast Asia.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Titmice are cute little sprightly chirpy birds that spend incessant amounts of energy on moving around pretty much all the time, in search of insects, larvae and smaller prey.

wildlife · birds

Perched on a tree first, the Dark Grey-Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) then flies off to its nest for paying a visit to the chick inside.

birds · wildlife

0:00 - Couple of king vultures (Sarcogyps calvus) having a go at a Chital. Also commonly known as the red-headed vulture is a large bird which is black except for bare reddish head, neck and legs.

birds · wildlife

An adult Changeable Hawk-eagle or Crested Hawk-eagle perches on a branch in Kabini Reserve Forest in Karnataka. With bird calls and ambiance of the forest, the bird stays with rapt attention looking for prey.

hills · forest

A Himalayan Pied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) pecks on the bark of a deodar tree trunk looking for food. It is a widely distributed species in northern India at the higher altitudes.

Rajasthan·flowers · forest

A crimson sun with a silhouette of rock formations in Jawai, Rajasthan. A male peafowl tries to attract the peahens with his colourful display of tail feathers.

birds · forest

White-eared Bulbuls are dull grey-brown bulbuls with a black head and bright white cheek patch. Also note yellow vent and white tail tip.

Himachal Pradesh·forest · snow

The brilliantly plumed Impeyan or Monal Pheasant (Lophophorus impeyanus) is both the state bird of Himachal and the national bird of Nepal.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

The Himalayan Pied Woodpecker nonses around on a wild pear tree, eating into the fruit of the pear with its sharp beak.

birds · hills

Like the Seven Sisters or Sat bhai (Jungle Babblers) of the plains, the White-throated Laughing Thrush is the hill equivalent of the ch4ery babbler.

wildlife · forest

The smartly attired black eye striped Dark Gray Bush Chat sits on a tiny twig and trills, while flicking up its tail with each trill.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

The Dark Gray Bushchat is a cute little neatly turned out bird with a black stripe across the eye, as seen here at the Jabbarkhet sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, in the western Himalaya.

birds · forest

This Golden backed Woodpecker is zygodactylic or in other words has two toes pointing in front and two pointing back, to give it better grip when climbing tree-trunks vertically! Thirsty, a Black-rumped Flameback Woodpecker shares the mini…

birds · wildlife

This Golden backed Woodpecker is zygodactylic or in other words has two toes pointing in front and two pointing back, to give it better grip when climbing tree-trunks vertically! Thirsty, a Black-rumped Flameback Woodpecker shares the mini…

birds · wildlife

This beauty hides on tree trunks and in high city tree canopies, so you don't see it unless you hunt for it, and when you do you are richly rewarded with the sight of a bird so spectacularly plumed that its richness shines right at you.

birds · wildlife

Watch this Woodpecker couple peck under rocks and in crevices of tree trunks, for ants and other insects, grubs and their cocoons. Black-rumped Flameback having a drink with Mynas.

wildlife · forest

Delhi is home to a number of small birds that have adapted to living in open forests and human residential areas. The Oriental Magpie-=Robin is also one of the birds that are found in the open forests and grasslands in Delhi.

railway · wildlife

Panting in the summer heat is this Pavo cristatus at our Delhi wildlife sanctuary, dissipating heat from the beak... Strikingly beautiful, unique with its feather train is the National Bird of India, peacock or peafowl.

birds · wildlife

A flock of Jungle Babblers have been spotted noisily playing and having a mock fight. Individuals of this bird are also filmed flicking through the layers of leaves foraging for food. These birds are noisy and very social.

birds · forest

What a lovely occasion when a Terpsiphone paradisi visits your home! That too in a crowded city like Delhi.

forest · birds

Bathing in water is an important behavioral instinct for birds. Bathing helps to dissolve the dirt on the feathers and aid in the preening process.