Jungle Crow

Chail - April 2012

The Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos), is a widespread Asian species of crow. They are very adaptable and are able to survive on a wide range of food sources making them capable of colonizing new areas due to which they are often considered a nuisance, especially on islands. They have a large bill and due to this they are also sometimes called Large-billed Crow or Thick-billed Crow.

Bar-tailed Tree-creeper

The Bar-tailed Tree-creeper (Certhia himalayana), or the Himalayan Tree-creeper is a species of bird in the Certhiidae family. It is found primarily in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, particularly in the Himalayas, as well as in adjoining regions. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan,Burma, Nepal, Tibet, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests

The Bar-tailed TreeCreeper has a flecked or striped feather pattern, usually in black, brown, white and red hues. This coloration allows the Tree-Creeper to blend in with its forest surroundings quite well.

Winter Wren

Chail - April 2012

The Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It was once lumped with Troglodytes pacificus of western North America and Troglodytes troglodytes of Eurasia under the name Winter Wren.

Rufous brown above, grayer below, barred with darker brown and gray, even on wings and tail. The bill is dark brown, the legs pale brown. Young birds are less distinctly barred. Most are identifiable by the pale "eyebrows" over their eyes.

Himalayan Woodpecker

Chail - April 2012

A medium sized, pied woodpecker. Black above with broad white patches from shoulder to lower back, limited white barring on flight feathers and clean white tail edgings. Underparts and head plain pale buff with black Y-shaped mark on neck and cheeks, red crown in male and black in female. Black marks under eyes unique. Vent pink.

Rufous Sibia

Sattal- 30-May-2012

Chail - April 2012

The Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

It is found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, ranging across India, Bhutan and Nepal. Its naturalhabitat is the temperate forests of the Lower to Middle Himalayas.

Black-throated Bushtit

Chail - April 2012

The Black-throated Bushtit {Aegithalos concinnus), also known as the Black-throated Tit, is a very small passerine bird in the family Aegithalidae.

The Black-throated Bushtit is a small passerine, around 10.5 cm long and weighing 4-9 g.^[2] There is considerable racial variation in the plumage, but all subspecies have a medium length tail (as opposed to the long tail of the related Long-tailed Tit), a black throat and a black 'bandit mask' around the eye. The nominate race has a chestnut cap, breast band and flanks and dark grey back, wings and tail, and a white belly. The other subspecies have generally the same pattern (minus the chest band) but with grey caps or all grey bellies and flanks. Both sexes are alike.

Variegated Laughing Thrush

Chail - April 2012

The Variegated Laughingthrush (Garrulax variegatus) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found inChina, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.