Birds Selected Indian SubCont

Selection of notable Indian bird photos

Tropicbird White-Tailed (Phaethon lepturus) snared in fishing line – SeychellesTropicbird White-Tailed (Phaethon lepturus) flying while snared in fishing line – SeychellesHeron Purple (Ardea purpurea) – MadagascarEagle Madagascar Fish (Haliaeetus vociferoides) in flight – endemic – MadagascarKestrel Seychelles (Falco araeus) female endemic – SeychellesTern Bridled (Onychoprion anaethetus) in flight – SeychellesBulbul Seychelles (Hypsipetes crassirostris) endemic – SeychellesField Guide – Birds of Indian Subcontinent Edn.2Map – Indian SubcontinentSpurfowl Sri Lanka (Galloperdix bicalcarata) endemic male – Sri LankaSpurfowl Sri Lanka (Galloperdix bicalcarata) endemic male – Sri LankaDuck Indian Spot-Billed (Anas poecilorhyncha) male in flight – IndiaMerganser Common (Mergus merganser) male & female taking off – IndiaStork Painted (Mycteria leucocephala) adult – IndiaOpenbill Asian (Anastomus oscitans) adult breeding – IndiaSpoonbill Eurasian (Platalea leucorodia) breeding – IndiaHeron Black-Crowned Night (Nycticorax nycticorax) – IndiaHeron Indian Pond (Ardeola grayii) non-breeding – IndiaHeron Purple (Ardea purpurea) adult – IndiaEgret Great (Ardea alba) breeding – IndiaEgret Little (Egretta garzetta) non-breeding – IndiaBaza Black (Aviceda leuphotes) adult – IndiaKite Black-Winged (Elanus caeruleus) adult – IndiaEagle Pallas’s Fish (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) Landing – IndiaHarrier Montagu’s (Circus pygargus) – IndiaEagle Changeable Hawk (Nisaetus cirrhatus) pale morph – Sri LankaEagle Changeable Hawk- (Nisaetus cirrhatus) juvenile – IndiaWaterhen White-Breasted (Amaurornis phoenicurus) adult – IndiaCrane Sarus (Grus antigone) adult – IndiaStone-Curlew Great (Esacus recurvirostris) – IndiaJacana Pheasant-Tailed (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) non-breeding – IndiaLapwing Red-Wattled (Vanellus indicus) adult – IndiaPlover Little Ringed (Charadrius dubius) non-breeding – IndiaGodwit Black-Tailed (Limosa limosa) non-breeding in flight – IndiaWhimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) in flight – IndiaStint Little (Calidris minuta) juvenile – IndiaPratincole Small (Glareola lactea) – IndiaSandgrouse Chestnut-Bellied (Pterocles exustus) male & female – IndiaSandgrouse Black-Bellied (Pterocles orientalis) female – IndiaCuckoo Violet (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) female – Andaman IslandsMalkoha Red-faced (Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus) endemic – Sri LankaCoucal Greater (Centropus sinensis) – IndiaOwl Short-Eared (Asio flammeus) adult – IndiaOwl Serendib Scops (Otus thilohoffmanni) endemic – Sri LankaOwl Indian Scops (Otus bakkamoena) – Sri LankaOwlet Asian Barred (Glaucidium cuculoides) – IndiaOwl Brown Fish (Ketupa zeylonensis) adult – IndiaFrogmouth Sri Lanka (Batrachostomus moniliger) male & female – IndiaHoopoe Eurasian (Upupa epops) showing crest – IndiaTrogon Malabar (Harpactes fasciatus) male – IndiaRoller Indian (Coracias benghalensis) adult affinis – IndiaRoller Indian (Coracias benghalensis) adult beghalensis – IndiaRoller Indian (Coracias benghalensis) adult affinis in flight – IndiaKingfisher White-Throated (Halcyon smyrnensis) adult – Andaman IslandsKingfisher Black-Capped (Halcyon pileata) – IndiaKingfisher Common (Alcedo atthis) adult – IndiaKingfisher Pied (Ceryle rudis) male – IndiaBee-Eater Green (Merops orientalis) orientalis – IndiaBee-Eater Chestnut-Headed (Merops leschenaulti) adult – Andaman IslandsBee-Eater Chestnut-Headed (Merops leschenaulti) – IndiaHornbill Grey Malabar (Ocyceros griseus) male – IndiaHornbill Great (Buceros bicornis) male – IndiaHornbill Great (Buceros bicornis) male & female – IndiaBarbet Coppersmith (Megalaima haemacephala) – IndiaPitta Indian (Pitta brachyura) – Sri LankaWoodswallow White-Breasted (Artamus leucorynchus) adult – Andaman IslandsShrike Long-Tailed (Lanius schach) adult tricolour – IndiaFlycatcher Asian Paradise (Terpsiphone paradisi) male rufous – IndiaFlycatcher Asian Paradise (Terpsiphone paradisi) female rufous – IndiaMonarch Black-Naped (Hypothymis azurea) male – IndiaTreepie Rufous (Dendrocitta vagabunda) – IndiaCrow House (Corvus splendens) pulli close to fledge – IndiaTit Yellow-Browed (Sylviparus modestus) – IndiaLark Greater Short-Toed (Calandrella brachydactyla) – IndiaBulbul Striated (Pycnonotus striatus) – IndiaBulbul Red-Vented (Pycnonotus cafer) bengalensis race – IndiaTailorbird Common (Orthotomus sutorius) male – IndiaTailorbird Common (Orthotomus sutorius) female – IndiaTailorbird Common (Orthotomus sutorius) in nest – IndiaTailorbird Common (Orthotomus sutorius) pullus in nest – IndiaWarbler Blyth’s Reed (Acrocephalus dumetorum) – IndiaFulvetta Yellow-Throated (Alcippe cinerea) – IndiaYuhina Stripped-Throated (Yuhina gularis) – IndiaStarling_Brahminy (Sturnia pagoda rum) feeding Flameback’s pulli – IndiaThrush Orange-Headed (Geokichla citrina) male cyanotus – IndiaBluethroat (Luscinia svecica) male – IndiaRubythroat White-Tailed (Luscinia pectoralis) male – IndiaRedstart Black (Phoenicurus ochruros) male – IndiaStonechat African (Saxicola torquatus) male – IndiaWheatear Desert (Oenanthe deserti) male breeding – IndiaWheatear Desert (Oenanthe deserti) female non breeding – IndiaFlycatcher Black-and-Orange (Ficedula nigrorufa) male – IndiaFlycatcher Black-and-Orange (Ficedula nigrorufa) female – IndiaSunbird Purple (Cinnyris asiaticus) male – IndiaSunbird Purple (Cinnyris asiaticus) male – IndiaSunbird Green-Tailed (Aethopyga nipalensis) female – IndiaWeaver Baya (Ploceus philippinus) female burmanicus – IndiaWagtail White (Motacilla alba leucopsis) adult – India
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