The Spotted Owlet is a small, cute looking owl that is found in India and South East Asia. They are widespread all over the country and can even be seen in urban areas, quietly sitting on trees, cavities of rocks or even a quiet corner in buildings. They are small birds, barely 8 to 8 ½ inches in length. […]
The Small Green Bee Eater is a small, beautiful bird and is found widespread from Africa through to South East Asia. India has a large population of this species. They are mainly insect eaters and they are found in grassland, thin scrub and forest often quite far from water. Several regional plumage variations are known for this colourful bird. They are mostly seen in the plains but can sometimes be found up to 5000 or 6000 feet in the Himalayas. […]
The wire-tailed swallow is a small bird, measuring about 7 inches in length. It has bright blue upperparts, bright white under parts and a chestnut cap. The species is named for the very long outermost tail feathers, which trail behind like two wires. The sexes are similar in appearance, but the female has shorter “wires”. […]
The Painted Stork is a large bird with long legs that wades in the water and is thus called ‘wader.’ They belong to the stork family and have distinctive pink feathers in the tail region, giving rise to their name. […]
The Bay Backed Shrike is a small bird, about 6 inches in length and is a widespread resident in the Indian subcontinent. […]
Named after the dedicated British ornithologist Samuel Tickell, this beautiful bird is found in the Indian subcontinent and throughout South East Asia. […]
The Puff Throated Babbler is found in scrub and moist forest mainly in hilly regions. They forage in small groups on the forest floor, turning around leaf litter to find their prey and usually staying low in the undergrowth where they can be hard to spot. They however have loud and distinct calls, including a morning song, contact and alarm calls. They can often be seen creeping through undergrowth in search of their insect food. […]
The Oriental Honey Buzzard is a resident raptor of the Indian subcontinent in South India and can migrate to Siberia and Central Asia in summer in North India, inhabiting woodlands of various climatic types, preferring broad leaved forest. They are found in a large range of habitats, from India to South Asia to China and Siberia. […]
This is a small Kingfisher, 5 inch in length with exquisite colours having yellow under parts, blue, black and purple upperparts and a red beak and legs. The Oriental Dwarf is regarded as the most beautiful of the Kingfishers. […]
Also called the White Throated Kingfisher, this Kingfisher, besides catching fish, additionally feeds on reptiles, amphibians, crabs, small rodents and even small birds. They are larger than other Kingfishers, growing up to 11 inches in length. […]
The Pied Kingfisher is a distinctive black and white bird with a crest that hovers above water bodies before diving vertically to catch fish. It is a noisy bird, hard to miss along water bodies with their spectacular dives to catch fish. […]
The Common Kingfisher is about the size of a sparrow with a typical kingfisher profile of a large head and a short tail. […]
Also called the Black-Rumped Woodpecker, it is the only woodpecker with a black rump and throat. It is found throughout the subcontinent in urban as well as rural areas. They are often seen in trees in cities and towns throughout India. […]
It is a delight to watch an Indian Roller in flight, with their distinctive blue feathers and aerobatic flight ‘rolls’ of males during the breeding season in the summer, from where it gets its name. […]
A distinctive bird with a white body and black neck, beak and legs, the Black Headed Ibis is primarily found in Asia till Japan and parts of Russia. They are versatile birds, and though often found in wetlands, can survive in natural and man-made habitats. […]
