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Jun 26, 2019 75 tweets 19 min read Read on X
Looking into photo archives for pics to go with the painting for the pinned tweet thread made me realise I should make a thread for one record shot of all the bird species I have taken...so here goes starting with one of our most colourful lil birds
1.Mrs Gould's sunbird
2. Blue-winged leafbird
From Barkul,Odisha
3.Yellow footed Green pigeon
from Hissar,Haryana
4.Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon

From Eaglenest,Arunachal Pradesh
5.Little forktail(Enicurus scouleri)....from Lumla,Tawang district
6.Grey-headed Canary flycatcher(Culicicapa ceylonensis)....from Rupa,Arunachal
7.Slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula hodgsonii) from Rupa,Arunachal
8.Speckled Piculet(Picumnus innominatus) ,Bhimtal uttarakhand
9.Rufous Sibia(Heterophasia pulchella)....Lhou,Tawang District
10.Brahminy Kite(Haliastur indus)Barkul Odisha
11.Black-rumped Flameback(Dinopium Benghalense)....from Kozhikode, Kerala
12.Red-billed Blue Magpie(Urocissa erythrorhyncha),Bhimtal Uttarakhand....A joy to have around...like the pahadi combo of the crow and myna social and garrulous
13.Red-faced Liocichla(liocichla phoenicea)Eaglenest,Arunachal,taken in the rain(well what else do you expect in a cloud forest),real bad light conditions a decade back,was hoping to get a glimpse of its newly discovered cousin the Bugun liocichla but this was great too
14.Drongo Cuckoo(Surniculus lugubris)...Kozhikode, Kerala...unlike the birds its named after(drongos) its rather 'mind your own business types'😊
And now for a real drongo and a rather spectacular one at that 15.Greater Racket-tailed Drongo(Dicrurus paradeseus)...Kozhikode ,Kerala
16.Slender-billed oriole(Oriolus tenuirostrus)... Rupa,Arunachal
17.Indian white-eye(Zosterops palpebrosus)....Tenga,Arunachal..no that red spot on the forehead is not a part of its plumage its the stain from foraging on the wild beries😁
18.Common kingfisher(Alcido atthis)...Kadalundi,kerala....I love kingfishers,such a joy to watch🙂
Another common but joy bringing fellow 19.Oriental Magpie Robin(Copsychus saularis) ,Tenga Arunachal)
Mirror mirror in the river who is the fairest one ever..... 20. Little Egret(Egretta garzetta)Chaliyar river, Kerala
21.Verditer Flycatcher(Eumyias thalassina) Lhou,Tawang District
22.Russet sparrow(passer rutilans) male and female respectively... Rupa, Arunachal
23.Hodgson's Redstart(Phoenicurus hodgsoni)...
Rupa,Arunachal
24. Bhutan laughing Thrush(Trochalapteron imbricatum),earlier considered to be a subspecies of the Streaked Laughingthrush,pic from Zemithang,Tawang District
25.Streaked laughing thrush(Trochalapteron lineatum) from Pithoragarh,Uttarakhand for comparison
26. Red spurfowl(Galloperdix spadicea) ,Lonavala Maharashtra
27.Ashy Prinia(Prinia socialis)....Pune,Maharashtra
28.Silver-eared Mesia(Leiothrix argentauris).... Sessa, Arunachal
29. Black- throated Sunbird(Aethopyga saturata)...Lumla,Tawang
.30 Ruddy Shelduck(Tadorna ferruginea)Mangalajodi ,Odisha
31.Rufous-breasted Accentor(Prunella strophiata)....Tenga,Arunachal
32. Grey-headed Swamphen(Porphyrio poliocephalus)....Mangalajodi,Odisha
33.Purple Sunbird(Nectarinia asiatica)...Delhi
34.Grey-hooded Warbler(Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)....Bhimtal,Uttarakhand
35.Golden-throated Barbet(Psilopogon franklinii)....Sessa,Arunachal
36. Rufous-bellied Niltava( Niltava Sundara).... Lhou,Tawang
37. Red Billed Leiothrix( Leiothrix lutea)...Lhou ,Tawang
38. Orange-headed Thrush (Geokichla citrina)....usually a lurker in the underbrush but this one was out in the open and belting it out that day in Karanja,Maharashtra
Pinjre se uda dil ka ....
39.Shikra (Accipiter badius) Karanja,Maharashtra
40.Chestnut- crowned laughing thrush(Trochalopteron erythrocephalum),Lumla Tawang
3rd Raptor on the thread 41. White-bellied Sea Eagle(Haliaeetus leucogaster), Chilka ,Odisha
42 Little Pied flycatcher( Ficedula westermanni),Rupa Arunachal....the boldest lil fellow I have ever encountered
43.Oriental Honey- buzzard( Pernis ptilorhynchus),Karanja Maharashtra
44.Jungle Owlet( Glaucidium radiatum),no its eye wasnt damaged,just doing some owly thing with it...Kozhikode,Kerala(cant believe it took the me so long to post my favouritest gp of birds on this thread)
45. Dusky Crag Martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor) Lonavala,Maharahtra..as a general principle I don't click birds(particularly chicks) in their nests..But these guys seemed totally at home literally and figuratively speaking ..with the general noise and tourists
46.Blue-throated Barbet(Psilopogon asiaticus).... Solmara,Assam...recall a gp of curious children following me as I went chasing birds around their village😁
47.Yellow-breasted Greenfinch ( Chloris spinoides).... Tenga ,Arunachal
48. Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops),Arunachal Pradesh.....Common bird from my childhood more often sighted on the grassy ground than in the trees
49.Wallcreeper(Tichodroma muraria)... Rupa,Arunachal
To bring up the 50th post on the thread a bird that is of special significance to me as I had a short paper published on it here threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT…
50.Long-billed Plover(Charadrius placidus)Rupa Arunachal Pradesh
51. Oriental Turtle dove( Streptopelia orientalis)...
Tawang ,Arunachal
52.Striated Heron( Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron or little heron...... Kadalundi ,Kerala
53.Hill prinia ( Prinia superciliaris) .... Tenga,Arunachal
54.Coppersmith Barbet(Psilopogon haemacephalus)Colaba,Mumbai ....Known for its metronomic call it was allso elected the 'Bird of mumbai'
55.Indian Roller(Coracias benghalensis).....Its the state bird of Odisha,Karnataka and Telangana,this one is from Kaziranga ,Assam though😊
56. White-cheeked Barbet(Psilopogon viridis) Kozhikode Kerala... fourth Barbet on the thread ,endemic to western ghats and adjoining areas....the BG is apt for its scientific name😊
57. Indian Spot-billed Duck(Anas poecilorhyncha)Ahmedabad,Gujarat....This one is from the time when I began photographing birds instead of just watching them....around 13 years ago
58.Grey-headed woodpecker(Picus canus)Bhimtal ,Uttarakhand
59.White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura albicolis)..... Hansi,Haryana
60.White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)..... Hansi ,Haryana
61. Great barbet( Psilopogon virens)Bhimatal Uttarakhand ...an oddly coloured bird, looks like a painters ragcloth...some red there ,some green here,some blue at front some brown on top
62. Indian black lored tit(Machlolophus aplonotus) ...Almora,Uttarakhand
63.Great Tit (Parus major)....Almorah,Uttarakhand
64.Green-backed Tit(Parus monticolus),Rupa Arunachal.... am reminded of that scene from total recall😉(ok off colour joke for the sunday morning done on the birding thread😬)
65.Grey-winged Blackbird (Turdus boulboul).... Nainital,Uttarakhand
66.Stork-billed Kingfisher( Pelargopsis capensis)....Kolathara,Kerala...look at the contrast in size between its legs and bill😊
67.Siberian Stonechat(Saxicola maurus).....Male and female,Rupa Arunachal
68.Lesser yellownape woodpecker(Picus chlorolophus)Bhimtal,Uttarakhand
69. Leucistic form of a common fellow....have seen a couple of indls with similar morph in Rupa....outcaste of the clan being chased away... Common Myna (Picus chlorolophus)
70. Spotted Dove( Spilopelia chinensis).Tenga Arunachal
71. Indian Stone-curlew(Burhinus indicus) Hisaar Haryana..... 'Ankhein nikaal ke rakh dunga'😁
72. Woolly-necked stork(Ciconia episcopus)Kaziranga ,Assam....and Speaking of eyes....
73. Indian Darter(Anhinga melanogaster)Kaziranga,Assam..Anhinga in brazilian Tupi language means devil bird
...called so because of the snake like heads of the birds belonging to this genus
74.Beautiful Nuthatch(Sitta formosa)Eaglenest,Arunachal....Now this is one of them record shots....taken through the rain and mist from some distance
75. Grey Heron(Ardea cineria) Mangalajodi,Odisha

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