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The black-rumped flameback (Dinopium benghalense), also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent.

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Sarus Crane (Grus Antigone) pair preening in its natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

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Sarus crane collects grass to build its nest. Sarus Crane (Grus Antigone) pair preening in its natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

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Asian Openbill is a small stork with conspicuous gap in its bill, allowing the bird to catch its preferred food, the freshwater snails. Adult has white plumage in breeding season, and pale grey for rest of the year.

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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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Sarus cranes (Grus Antigone) in their natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

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Sitting a drumstick or sainjana tree, a Magpie Robin mother feeds her chick in a Delhi garden.

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View of a heronry of Asian openbill storks on a tree in Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India. The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

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The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae having a single genus Anhinga.

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The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), commonly abbreviated to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is repla…

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The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae having a single genus Anhinga.

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Sarus cranes (Grus Antigone) in their natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

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A colony of Painted Storks perched on tree. Painted storks at their nesting site in Delhi. The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

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Hear their lovely calls! Blossom-headed or Plum-headed parakeets perching on tree tops in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan.

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

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The crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. This species is also known as the Oriental honey buzzard.

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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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"This rare bird was filmed by our consultant ornithologist Chewang Bonpo who runs the fine birding and home stay property at Bon Farmhouse in Kewzing Village, West Sikkim.

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The Ibisbill is a strange and unique wader of wide high-altitude Himalayan and Tibetan Plateau valleys with flat stony rivers. Its range extends across central Asia from Kazakhstan to nw. China and south to nw. India.

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The little forktail (Enicurus scouleri) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.

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A warbler perched on a tree branch in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. The Keoladeo National Park or Keoladeo Ghana National Park formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India is a famous avifauna sanctuary…

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Verditer Flycatcher is a beautiful sky-blue bird. This is an adult Asian verditer flycatcher, Eumyias thalassina, a member of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

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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.