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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Spotted Forktail


The Spotted Forktail (Enicurus maculatus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.
It is found in AfghanistanBangladeshBhutanChinaIndiaMyanmarNepalPakistan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Koklass Pheasant

Location and Date : Near Chopta, Uttarakhand - April 2018
The Koklass Pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) is a species of the Pheasant family, the Phasianidae, and is the only species in the genus Pucrasia.

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker

Location and Date ;Dochula, Bhutan on 2nd May 2017

The Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

It is found in BangladeshBhutanCambodiaChinaHong KongIndiaNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMyanmarNepalPakistanThailand, and Vietnam. Its naturalhabitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Verditer Flycatcher



The Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya. It is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the body, except for the black eye-patch and grey vent. Adult females and sub-adults are lighter blue. They are also interesting among the flycatchers in that they forage above the canopy level and perching on electric wires or exposed tree top branches.
This species was earlier placed in the genus Muscicapa and it has been suggested that it is closer to the Niltava flycatchers

Ashy Drongo

The Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae. It is found widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia with several populations that vary in the shade of grey, migration patterns and in the size or presence of a white patch around the eye.

White-throated Fantail

The White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) is a small passerine bird. It is found in forest, scrub and cultivation across tropical southern Asia from theHimalayasIndia and Bangladesh east to Indonesia. It has numerous subspecies, including R. a. albogularis of Peninsular India, which is often treated as a separate species, the White-spotted Fantail or Spot-breasted Fantail
The adult White-throated Fantail is about 19 cm long. It has a dark fan-shaped tail, edged in white, and white supercilium and throat. There is otherwise much variation in plumage between races. Most resemble the Himalayan R. a. canescans which is mainly slate grey above and below, with a black eye mask, and a white throat and eyebrow, but R. a. albogularis of Peninsular India has whitish underparts, and a grey breast band that is spotted white

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher, Manipuri name - "Ha-ying-lok-pi pok-hou"


The Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher(Culicicapa ceylonensis), is a small passerine bird. Formerly considered part of the Old World flycatcher assemblage and placed in the family Muscicapidae, it is now considered part of the Stenostiridae. These are flycatchers closely related to titmice and chickadees
The Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher is 13 cm long. It is a long-tailed flycatcher-like bird with an upright stance. The adult has a grey head and breast, green upperparts and bright yellow underparts