Coppersmith Barbet, (Megalaima haemacephala).
Black Kite (Milvus migrans) New Delhi 3 March 2008
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) Sultanpur bird sanctuary 4 March 2008
Cutia, (Cutia nipalensis), near Khecheopri lake, Sikkim
Golden-fronted Leafbird, (Chloropsis aurifrons) near Kazaringa National Park assam, 3 Jan 2008
River Tern (Sterna aurantia) Ranganathittu bird sanctuary Feb 2008
Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja
Great Egret (Ardea alba) Ranganathittu bird sanctuary Feb2008
Purple Sunbird, (Cinnyris asiaticus)
Lineated Barbet, ( Megalaima lineata)
Pallas Gull (Larus ichthyaetus) , flying above the river Ganga at Haridwar with pilgrims in the background.
Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris,
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
Blue-fronted Redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) near sandakphu, West Bengal.
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Spotted Owlets (Athene brama) Lal Bagh gardens Bangalore city. 28 Feb 2008
Golden-fronted Leafbird, (Chloropsis aurifrons) near Kazaringa National Park Assam, 3 Jan 2008
Maroon-backed Accentor (Prunella immaculata)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio),
Striated Laughingthrush (Garrulax striatus) Sikkim
Red-tailed Minla (Minla ignotincta) near Raman Singalila trek West Bengal Dec 2008
Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
Spectacled Finch (Callacanthis burtoni) at Khechoperi village Sikkim.
Blue-winged Minla (Siva cyanouroptera), near Khechoperi, sikkim
Hoary-throated Barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)
Barred Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall), at khecheoperi Sikkim
Black-faced Laughingthrush (Garrulax affinis)
Black-throated Tit, Aegithalos concinnus, Sikkim
White-tailed Nuthatch (Sitta himalayensis)
The Greater Coucal or the Crow Pheasant Centropus sinensis, is a non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds.
Orange-flanked Bush Robin, (Tarsiger cyanurus)
Whiskered Yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis)
Olive backed Pipit (anthus hodgsoni)
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) sikkim
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax erythrocephalus), Sikkim
Plain-backed Thrush (Zoothera mollissima), lava, West Bengal
Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis), at Pelling, Sikkim
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis), Majuli, Assam
White-browed Fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus), Sikkim
Dark-Breasted Rosefinch (Carpodacus nipalensis) , Lava, West Bengal.
Jungle Myna, (Acridotheres fuscus), and Asian One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) at Kazaringa National park.
Lesser Adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus, at Majuli, Assam
Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis), Kazaringa National Park. Assam
Spotted Nutcracker, (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Black-hooded Oriole,( Oriolus xanthornus), female, Majuli, Assam
Common Hoopoe, ( Upupa epops ) near Guwahati, Assam
Striated Grassbird ( Megalurus palustris ) near Guwahati, Assam
Red Junglefowl, (Gallus gallus), Kazaringa National park, Assam.
Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola), Deepor beel. Guwahati, Assam.
Oriental Pied-hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris), Kazaringa National Park, Assam.
Asian Pied Starling (Sturnus contra), Majuli, Assam.
Black Drongo, (Dicrurus macrocercus )
Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria). Kazaringa, Assam.
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis), Kazaringa, assam.
Common Stonechat, S(axicola torquata), Deepor Beel, Guwahati, Assam.
Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
Chestnut-tailed Starling, (Sturnis malabaricus). Assam
Darter, (Anbinga melanogaster), Indian snake bird. at Deepor Beel, Guwahati, Assam.
Rufous-vented Tit (Parus rubidiventris)
Streaked Spiderhunter, (Arachnothera magna).
Cutia, (Cutia nipalensis), near Khecheopri lake, Sikkim.
Little Cormorant, (Phalacrocorax niger) Majuli, assam
Hoary-throated Barwing (Actinodura nipalensis), ravongla, Sikkim.
Grey-Hooded warbler, (Seicercus xanthoschistos)
Rufous-breasted Accentor, (Prunella strophiata), sikkim
Russet sparrow, female, (Passer rutilans) ?
Green-backed Tit, (parus monticolis)
Red-tailed Minla (Minla ignotincta), Sikkim
Barred Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall) at Khecheoperi, Sikkim
Striated Laughingthrush (Garrulax striatus)
dark breasted rosefinch, female.
Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi),
Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus),
Golden Oriole, (Oriolus oriolus), ( now split into its own species, Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo). and White-cheeked Barbet (Megalaima viridis).
Striated Heron, (Butorides striata), also known as Mangrove Heron or Little Heron.
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri), and rock pigeons, (columba livia), Delhi
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Common Hoopoe. ( Upupa epops)
White-throated Kingfisher, (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Green Bee Eater ( Merops orientalis ).
Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala),
Common Hoopoe - (Upopa epops)
Greenshank, (Tringa nebularia).
Blue Whistling-thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
The Striated Heron, (Butorides striata)
The Striated Heron,( Butorides striata)
White-bellied Sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Blue-winged Leafbird, (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), female.
Puff-throated Babbler, Pellorneum ruficeps,
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon (Treron bicincta)
Small Minivet, (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)
Small Minivet, Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
The indian variey has now its own species Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo). seperated from, (Eurasian Golden Oriole, (Oriolus oriolus)
Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
Bluethroat, (Luscinia svecica).
Spotted Owlet (Athene brama).
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis),
Whitebrowed bulbul, (pycnonotus luteolus)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia).
Cutia (Cutia nipalensis)
Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata)
White-browed Fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus)
Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola
Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus) at Ralong monastry, sikkim
Chestnut-tailed Minla (Chrysominla strigula)
Lesser Adjutant, (Leptoptilos javanicus)
Dark-Breasted Rosefinch (Carpodacus nipalensis)
Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon (Treron sphenurus)
White-throated Bulbul (Alophoixus flaveolus)
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)
Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus).
Chestnut-Crowned Warbler (Seicercus castaniceps)
Purple Sunbird, Cinnyris asiaticus
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea).
Eurasian Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Striated Bulbul (Pycnonotus striatus), Sikkim.
yuhina?
Striated Bulbul (Pycnonotus striatus)
Hooded Oriole, Icterus cucullatus,
sunbird,? female
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis),
Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) at Majuli, Assam
Lesser Adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus
Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (Garrulax ruficollis), Majuli, Assam
Black-necked Stork, (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ), Kazaringa.
Greater Adjutant, Leptoptilos dubius
Red-whiskered Bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus,
Oriental Magpie Robin, (Copsychus saularis)
Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus).
Pallas's Fish-eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis),
Red-whiskered Bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus
Mrs Gould's Sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis, female
Stork-billed Kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis
Redthroated Flycatcher ,(Ficedula albicilla)
Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis , female
Asian Openbill Stork,( Anastomus oscitans).
Lesser Adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus,
Golden-fronted Leafbird, (Chloropsis aurifrons) near Kazaringa National Park Assam, 2 Jan 2008
White-throated Kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis
Grey-backed Shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta castanea)
Cutia (Cutia nipalensis). Male and female!
The Nepal Fulvetta (Alcippe nipalensis)
Great Myna ,(Acridotheres grandis)
Great Tit, (Parus major)
Asian Pied Starling (Sturnus contra),
Common Stonechat, (Saxicola torquata)
Common kingfisher,( Alcedo atthis).
Crimson Sunbird, (Aethopyga siparaja).
Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), young male
Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) and White-cheeked Barbet (Megalaima viridis)
Eurasian Wryneck, (Jynx torquilla)
Hume's Whitethroat, (Sylvia althaea)
Black-rumped Flameback, (Dinopium benghalense),
Large Cuckoo-shrike, (Coracina macei), Ranakpur Rajasthan.
White-breasted Waterhen, (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Ashy Prinia, (Prinia socialis),
Tawny-bellied Babbler,( Dumetia hyperythra )
Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros), ( bliver nok til en selvstændig art ssp.rufiventris)
Black-winged Stilt, (Himantopus himantopus)
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica), Ranakpur, Rajasthan.
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruoos)( bliver nok til en selvstændig art ssp.rufiventrisr´)
Common Merganser. (Mergus merganser).
Purple Sunbird,( Cinnyris asiaticus)
Long-tailed Shrike or the Rufous-backed Shrike (Lanius schach)
Spotted Owlet (Athene brama), Nagda, Rajasthan.
White-browed Wagtail , (Motacilla madaraspatensis)
Black-tailed Godwit, (Limosa limosa).
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)
Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
White-bellied Minivet (Pericrocotus erythropygius),female.
White-bellied Minivet (Pericrocotus erythropygius)
Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)
Ashy Prinia, (Prinia socialis).
Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
White-throated Kingfisher, (Halcyon smyrnensis).
Crested Hawk-eagle, (Spizaetus cirrhatus cirrhatus).
Large Cuckoo-shrike, ( Coracina macei).
White-browed Fantail, (Rhipidura aureola).
Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense).
Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
Black Ibis , (Pseudibis papillosa)
Red-throated Flycatcher, (Ficedula parva).
Common Iora, (Aegithina tiphia).
Crested Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus cirrhatus cirrhatus
Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) cleans the eye of a buffolo at Kumbhalgarh.
Brown Rock Chat or Indian Chat, (Cercomela fusca).
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica).
Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda).
Brahminy Myna (or "Mynah") or Brahminy Starling (Sturnus pagodarum).
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus),
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis).
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, (Dendrocopos nanus)
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, ( Dendrocopos nanus).
Crested Serpent Eagle, (Spilornis cheela).
Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca,
Oriental Whiteeye, (Zosterops palpebrosa).
Common Woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus)
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, (Culicicapa ceylonensis).
White-eyed Buzzard (Butastur teesa). Juvenile
Oriental White-eye, (Zosterops palpebrosus).
White-eyed Buzzard (Butastur teesa)
Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius). female.
Scaly-breasted Munia, (Lonchura punctulata).
Spotted Owlet, (Athene brama).
White-browed Fantail, (Rhipidura aureola). cleaning the eyes of a buffolo.
Indian yellowTit, (Parus aplonotus).
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris).
Common Tailorbird, (Orthotomus sutorius)
The Black-crowned Night Heron (or just Night Heron in Eurasia), (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Asian Openbill Stork, (Anastomus oscitans), and Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia).
Asian Openbill Stork, (Anastomus oscitans).
Black-crowned Night Heron (or just Night Heron in Eurasia), (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Painted Stork, (Mycteria leucocephala).
A young Black-crowned Night Heron (or just Night Heron in Eurasia), (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis). Fruit bats hang in the background.
Night Heron, (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Common Sandpiper, (Actitis hypoleucos).
Black-headed Munia (Lonchura malacca).
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus).
White-rumped Munia, (Lonchura striata).
Black-headed Cuckooshrike - (Coracina melanoptera)
Eurasian Spoonbill, (Platalea leucorodia).
Red-whiskered Bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus, Sri Rangapatnam, karnataka,
Red-whiskered Bulbul, (Pycnonotus jocosus).
Munias etc.......in the fields near sri Rangapatnam
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus), female.
silverbills...munias...etc..
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, (Cyornis tickelliae).
Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia).
Great Egret, (Ardea alba).
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) and an egtet.
Black-headed Ibis, (Threskiornis melanocephalus).
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala).
Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus).
The Intermediate Egret, (Ardea intermedia).
Great Thick-knee, (Esacus recurvirostris).
Streak-throated swallows nests!
Little Egret, (Egretta garzettai).
Little Egret, (Egretta garzetta).
Spot-billed Pelican, (Pelecanus philippensis).
Great Egret.
Common Hoopoe, (Upopa epops)
Common Tailorbird, (Orthotomus sutorius).
Green Bee-eater, (Merops orientalis).
Rose-ringed Parakeet, (Psittacula krameri).
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri).
Malabar Parakeet also known as the Blue-winged Parakeet, (Psittacula columboides).
Oriental Magpie Robin, (Copsychus saularis).
Spot-billed Pelican, (Pelecanus philippensis). anfd flying foxes in the background!
Brown Shrike, (Lanius cristatus)
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, (Merops leschenaulti).
Brown Shrike, (Lanius cristatus ).
Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina).
Large Woodshrike (Tephrodornis gularis).
Indian Pitta, (Pitta brachyura).
Loten's Sunbird, (Nectarinia lotenia).
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush, (Monticola cinclorhynchus).
Black-crowned Night Heron (or just Night Heron in Eurasia), (Nycticorax nycticorax).
Ruby-throated Bulbu,l formerly (P. m. gularis) and now (P. gularis )
Southern Hill Myna, (Gracula indica).
Emerald Dove, (Chalcophaps indica).
Spotbill, (Anas poecilorhyncha), also known as the Spot-billed Duck.
Oriental Darter or Indian Darter (Anhinga melanogaster ), sometimes called Snakebird.
Oriental Darter or Indian Darter (Anhinga melanogaster ), sometimes called Snakebird,
Purple Swamphen, (Porphyrio porphyrio),
Black Kite, (Milvus migrans).
Rufous Treepie, (Dendrocitta vagabunda).
Crested Bunting (Melophus lathami).
Indian Robin, (Saxicoloides fulicata).
Coppersmith Barbet, (Megalaima haemacephala),
Indian Peafowl, (Pavo cristatus).
Brown Rockchat, (Cercomela fusca).
?Rain Quail or Black-breasted Quail (Coturnix coromandelica) or ?Common Quail, (Coturnix coturnix).
Green Bee Eater - (Merops orientalis)
White-bellied Drongo , (Dicrurus caerulescens).
White-throated Fantail, (Rhipidura albicollis).
Red-vented Bulbul, (Pycnonotus cafer).
Indian Grey Hornbill, (Ocyceros birostris).
Greater Coucal parroti (Centropus sinensis parroti).
Black Ibis, (Pseudibis papillosa).
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark, (Eremopterix grisea).
Alexandrine Parakeet, (Psittacula eupatria).
Black-rumped Flameback, (Dinopium benghalense).
Crested Lark, (Galerida cristata).
Northern Shoveler, (Anas clypeata). and a Nilgai at Sultanpur bird sanctuary, Haryana.
Egyptian Vulture, (Neophron percnopterus).
Great Black-headed Gull or Pallas's Gull, (Larus ichthyaetus).
Black-headed Gull, (Larus ridibundus). at the bathing ghats in Haridwar.
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta).
White-eyed Buzzard (Butastur teesa) is a medium sized hawk found in South Asia.
Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus). In Egypt it is called the Pharaoh’s Chicken for two reasons. It looks somewhat like a scruffy white chicken, and the relationship to the pharaoh is because this bird was the symbol of perhaps, the oldest deity of southern Ancient Egypt, Nekhbet, who was considered the protector of the pharaoh, royalty, and Egypt and always shown with her extended wings. They referred to the bird as the Mother of Mothers, who hath existed from the Beginning and creator of the world. This vulture always was seen on the front of the pharaoh’s crown. After the unification of Egypt both she The nurturing behavior of these vultures while rearing their young led to the selection of the species as a model parent and their lack of sexual dimorphism led the Ancient Egyptians to think, mistakenly, that they were all female and reproducing through parthenogenesis.
Painted stork and black kites, New Delhi.
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis).
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), also known colloquially as seahawk, fish hawk or fish eagle.
Great Barbet, (Megalaima virens).
Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma).
Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus).
River Lapwing, (Vanellus duvaucelii).
Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus).
Himalayan Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys).
Blue Whistling-thrush (Myophonus caeruleus).
Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus).
Brown-headed Barbet, (Megalaima zeylanica).
Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala).
Maroon Oriole, (Oriolus traillii) . Female.
lunch time!
Black-necked Stork, (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus).
White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus
Oriental Honey Buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus,
Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala,
White Pelican, (Pelecanus onocrotalus ).
Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala), female.
Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) , female.
Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)
Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
(Little )Green Bee-eater, (Merops orientalis).
Common Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus variu)s also popularly called the Brainfever bird
Common Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus varius) also popularly called the Brainfever bird
Common Hoopoe -( Upopa epops )
The White-throated Kingfisher,(Halcyon smyrnensis).
painted stork and little egret with nests side by side at Sri Ranganathithu.
Painted stork and mugger crocodile. at sri Ranganathithu.
great Myna (Acridotheres albocinctus)
Rufous-winged Fulvetta
