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Madhya Pradesh·birds · wildlife

Stork-Billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) (formerly Halcyon capensis) is a widespread resident of the Indian Subcontinent.

river · flowers

We're committed to creating and nurturing wetland habitats at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in New Delhi.

birds · river

The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as Eurasian kingfisher, or river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

birds · wildlife

Sort of looking like the Australian Kookaburra, this Indian Pied Kingfisher sits in wait along the Ken River in Madhya Pradesh, central India, often flicking its tail up and down, as is its wont! Pied Kingfisher has black and white plumage.…

wildlife · birds

The greylag goose (Anser anser) is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser. It was in pre-Linnean times known as the wild goose ("Anser ferus").

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The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is a lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae.

hills · river

Filmed by Chewang Bonpo, this is the rare Bengal Florican as seen in the Mishmi hills of Arunachal Pradesh in India.

hills · forest

The hooded pitta (Pitta sordida) is a passerine bird. It is common in eastern and southeastern Asia and maritime Southeast Asia, where it lives in different types of forests as well as on plantations and other cultivated areas.

river · wildlife

The Gould's shortwing (Brachypteryx stellata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae (it was formerly assigned to the Turdidae). It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.

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Openbill Stork searches for molluscs, Little Cormorant on Ken river. Asian Openbill is a small stork with conspicuous gap in its bill, allowing the bird to catch its preferred food, the freshwater snails.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Little Cormorant dries wings, in cold winter sun, after a fishing hunt at Bharatpur. The little cormorant (Microcarbo niger) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds.

river · wildlife

Tailor birds are small birds with most belonging to the genus Orthotomus often placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.

Rajasthan·river · wildlife

This is also called the summer duck of India, as it breeds in the plains and nests in tree hollows. Even in places like Bharatpur where most ducks have moved north for the summer, the Nakta stays put and nests through the summer months.

Madhya Pradesh·forest · wildlife

Jungle Nightjar sitting on dry leaves in Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. The Jungle Nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus) is a species of nightjar found in India and Sri Lanka.

Jammu and Kashmir·river

Indian Little cormorant and crow forage in river Tawi in Jammu region. The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family.

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Ruddy shelducks, commonly called Brahminy ducks have a large wing span and beautiful wings. The beauty gets a new dimension when looked at in slow motion.

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The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus.

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The Jia Bhoreli river is known as Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh. When Kameng crosses over into Assam at Bhalukpong, it is known as Jia Bhoreli.

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The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent but extending west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia.

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A flock of Red Vented Bulbuls fight over a moth and preen their feathers, along the banks of the Ramgange river, just above the forests of Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, India.

Rajasthan·birds · river

Spot billed ducks and median egrets are common to spot in the Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Here one sees male and female spot billed ducks floating in a lake and a median egret looking for food in a marsh.

river · wildlife

The Australasian pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) is a fairly small passerine bird. It belongs to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae.

river · birds

The beautiful Eurasian Kingfisher on a rock along the fast flowing Ramganga river in Kumaon, Uttarakhand. The beautiful common kingfisher is patiently waiting for its prey on a river bank of Kumaon.