Thread by @opsimath6

Commonly seen as part of Bird waves here.... restless Lil bullets hard to 'freeze frame' on them!
273. Golden Babbler(Stachyridopsis chrysaea) #Birding #BirdsofnortheastIndia #Indiaves

When I saw these guys on my Birding walk, ar first glance I thought it was the usual Grey Treepie because of the size and tail( It is dark and wet in the mornings here,in that Palm Grove in particular), then I heard the calls!
274.Long-tailed Sibia #BirdsSeenIn2022 @IndiAves

Frequently seen as a part of 'bird waves' here
275. Rufous-faced Warbler (Abroscopus albogularis) , West Siang
#BirdsSeenIn2022 @Britnatureguide @IndiAves #Birding

276. Chestnut crowned warbler (Seicercus castaniceps) , West Siang

#BirdsSeenin2022 @Britnatureguide @IndiAves #Birding #BirdsofnortheastIndia

277. Slaty-backed Forktail (Enicurus schistaceus) for some reason this one had decided to descend on the village road from its 'Bamboo Groved' hillside stream habitat..... anyways allowed me to take a record shot #BirdsSeenIn2022 #Indiaves @Britnatureguide #Birding

Continuing, one from the photo archives for the 278th post from around 12 years back

278. Common Kestrel, Rupa , Arunachal #BirdsofNorthEastIndia

Now for a bit of a 'rara avis' for #BirdsSeenIn2022
279.Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo(Dicrurus remifer), West Siang ,with its Rackets missing!
ID-ed from the rectangular shape of the head& the Squarish tail end @Britnatureguide @IndiAves #Birding #BirdsofnortheastIndia

280.Greater Adjutant(Leptoptilos dubius)
There are only three breeding colonies of this endangered bird
in the world ,the largest is in Assam,another one in Cambodia and this one the smallest,
near Bhagalpur Bihar
Also suits the @IndiAves #TriColourBirds theme for the day

281. Red-naped Ibis(Pseudibis papillosa), Bengdubi West Bengal

Yeah I am spamming twitter with pics from my archives today ,this from a mostly rained out visit to Eaglenest WLS, 12 years back
282. Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica) , Arunachal Pradesh

This one from Kozhikode, from 13 yrs bk
283.Brown breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui) .... Cute Lil #Birb with huge eyes 🥰 , named after Muttu the servant of naturalist E L Layard, who brought him the specimen in Srilanka, Muttu is a common Tamil name

Trying to get to a 300 count on this thread ASAP😬....
284. Indian Jungle Crow ( Corvus culminatus), Karanja Maharashtra #Birding

This one taken 14 years back with my old Fujifilm point and shoot, was hiding in the ramparts of the Nahargarh fort and took a peek as we were on a coffee break

285.Brown Rock Chat (Cercomela fusca) ,Jaipur , Rajasthan

Now for #BirdsSeenIn2022 on the thread

286. Large Niltava( Niltava grandis), male and female ,West Siang #Birding #BirdsofNorthEastIndia #ArunachalPradesh

Hope to get a better pic of these advocates for ' safe driving and flying' 😁... Until then this will have to suffice

287. Long- tailed Broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) , West Siang , Arunachal Pradesh #BirdsofNortheastIndia #Birding #Indiaves

As I have mentioned before Gulls are the Cats of the Avian world....They will make themselves comfortable any where.....like these three on the Mast of a Ship
288. Heuglin's Gull ( Larus heuglini) , Mumbai, Maharashtra #Birding

289. Oriental Hobby(Falco severus) , West Siang , Arunachal Pradesh

Bit of a rarity in India #BirdsofnortheastIndia

Same skies, different day and bird

290. Ashy Woodswallow ( Artamus fuscus) , West Siang, Arunachal #BirdsofnortheastIndia

Nothing 'bronzed' about these fellows.... Stunning shades of irridiscent blues infact!

291. Bronzed Drongo(Dicrurus aeneus), West Siang, #ArunachalPradesh

#BirdsSeenIn2022 @Britnatureguide #Indiaves #BirdsofnortheastIndia

292.Whiskered Tern(Chlidonias hybrida),Mangalajodi Odisha ,the Genus name is from ancient Greek 'swallow like' ....and you can see why from the 2nd pic! #Birding #Chilika

293. Lesser Whitethroat(Sylvia curruca) , Hisar, Haryana
#BirdsofIndia #Birding

294. Spot -throated Babbler(Pellorneum albiventre) , West Siang , Arunachal

Another notorious skulker
295. Aberrant Bush Warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus) , West Siang , Arunachal

296. Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum), Barkul , Odisha ..... Inspite of the name found near forest edges, bushes, marsh edges, and parks, but not particularly associated with water. Usually sings from bushes and trees, not in reeds

297. Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala) , West Siang,Arunachal Pradesh #BirdsofNorthEastIndia #BirdsofIndia

298. Brown headed gull(Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) Chilika Lake, Barkul, Odisha,
Can be confused with the smaller Black Headed gull,but the paler(more dramatic) eyes and more extensive black on the primaries are ID pointers Also fits the @IndiAves #WetlandWonders theme

299. Scarlet minivet( Pericrocotus speciosus),West Siang....ID pointers- note the additional red 'drops' on the secondaries of the male, the long tailed minivet also found in this area has a U shape red mark on the wings(refer no 110 above)#BirdsSeenIn2022 #BirdsofNortheastIndia

For the 300th Bird on this thread ,I have chosen a Broken Beauty,A bird that has the unique distinction of being the State Bird of 3 states of the Union/Nation( being Topical here😁), a survivor
Indian Roller ( Coracias benghalensis) , Barkul , Odisha #BirdsofIndia

301. Common Emerald Dove(Chalcophaps indica) ,This is the state bird of Tamil Nadu but the pic is of a Bird from West Siang Arunachal Pradesh 😊 #BirdsofIndia #BirdsofNorthEastIndia #Birding

This bird species is listed in the ref books on the Birds of the subcontinent, as winter visitors to the mountains of North India , There has been a recent report(2018) of sightings from Shey,ladakh, but these pics are from Italy
302. Hooded Crow( Corvus cornix), Rome

A sleepy Boobook😊

303. Brown Boobook or Brown Hawk owl (Ninox scutulata) , Assam
#BirdsSeenIn2022 #BirdsofnortheastIndia #Indiaves

304. Black-chinned Yuhina( Yuhina nigrimenta) , West Siang #BirdsofNortheastIndia #BirdsSeenIn2022 #BirdsOfIndia

305. Lineated Barbet( Psilopogon lineatus),Assam can be confused with the Brown- headed barbet(no 166 above)llineated has yellowish Beak and whitish or white throat& breast with narrow brown streaks that extends lower into the belly #BirdsSeenIn2022 @Britnatureguide @IndiAves

It is a testament to the fact that these birds are THE disappearing 'common birds' from newsreports,that in the past 15+ years of recording birds on camera this is the first time I have a record shot of this species!
306. House Sparrow(Passer domesticus),Assam #BirdsSeenIn2022

307. Whistler's Warbler, Lower Siang, Feb2022 #BirdsSeenin2022 #recordshot

308. Record Shot of a Rosy Minivet (Pericrocotus roseus) Lower Siang #BirdsSeenin2022 #BirdsofNorthEastIndia #Birding @Britnatureguide

309. A Super Skulker and a lifer

Buff-breasted Babbler(Pellorneum tickelli)...adding to the @Britnatureguide's #BirdsSeenIn2022 India list ..... last year I had managed a record shot of it's cousin the Spot-throated Babbler but from another place in Arunachal @IndiAves

A Birb with a 'Vishu-konna' F.G for Onam 🤷‍♀️
310. Rufous Woodpecker(Micropternus brachyurus) , Arunachal #BirdsSeenIn2022

Adding the 311st bird species to this thread and one for @Britnatureguide's #BirdsSeenin2022 India count
311. Black-winged Cuckooshrike(Coracina melaschistos), Arunachal Pradesh #Indiaves #BirdsofNorthEastIndia #Birding

312.Square-tailed Drongocuckoo(Surniculus lugubris)Arunachal
It was formerly considered conspecific with the fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo( at no 14. above) together called the Asian Drongo Cuckoo ,but recently split #BirdsSeenIn2022 @Britnatureguide @IndiAves

313. A nice symmetrical number with a bird to match!
Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus flaviventris), Arunachal
#BirdsSeenin2022 #Birding #Indiaves #BirdsOfNorthEastIndia

Photo from 12yrs back,This is the first irl 'jungle' bird that one became aware of as a child outside of the thirsty crow &beautiful swan from books.Recall Dad narrating this factoid about the 'Seven sisters' on spotting them in the underbrush😊
314.Jungle Babbler,kozhikode

Another Babbler...
315. Puff-throated Babbler(Pellorneum ruficeps), Arunachal #BirdsSeenIn2022

These two cutesters for a Sunday
316. Yellow-bellied Warbler(Abroscopus superciliaris) Arunachal #BirdsSeenIn2022 #Birding #Indiaves #BirdsofNorthEastIndia

On the morning birding trail today,I heard the call of a White-crowned forktail&went chasing it upstream, didnt get a sighting, on my way back found this tiny very active birb instead!A lifer
317.Mountain Tailorbird(Phyllergates cuculatus),Arunachal #BirdsSeenIn2022 @IndiAves

One of those E.Himalayas and NE 'specialities'
318.Yellow-vented Warbler (Phylloscopus cantator)... Adding one more to India's count of #BirdsSeenin2022 #Lifer @IndiAves @Britnatureguide
#BirdsofnortheastIndia

1 from the archives taken around 13 yrs back

319. Himalayan Prinia (Prinia crinigera) ,Lhou Village,Tawang

Have heard these guys call out a few times on this jungle birding trail that I found besides a stream here...Today I got to see one,managed a record shot

320. Lesser Shortwing(Brachypteryx leucophrys),Arunachal Pradesh
#BirdsSeenIn2022 @Britnatureguide #BirdsofNorthEastIndia

One(or rather 2!) more speciality from the E.Himalayas and the North East
321. Rufous-backed Sibia(Leioptila annectens), Arunachal
A #lifer for me and adding to @Britnatureguide 's #BirdsSeenIn2022
India list @IndiAves

Yes someone decided to give this lil bird that name!
322. Pin-striped Tit-babbler(Macronus gularis), Arunachal

#IndiAvesWeek is turning out to be #Tesiaweek for me!...Clicked this lil skulker and lifer! Also adding to the India list of #BirdsSeenin2022
323.Grey-bellied Tesia(Tesia cyaniventer)...This Genus gets the name Tesia from the Nepalese for the G.B Tesia'Tisi' 😊@IndiAves

A Bird expert decided to call one fairly small nondescript bird'pin striped tit-babbler'(322 above)& this stunner of a bird 'Common',the birding community sure doesnt lack a sense of humour!
324.Common Green Magpie

And it is all happening during #Indiavesweek for me @IndiAves

It has been a year,from West Siang to now the foothills of the dawnlit-mountains,
of hearing this tiny skulker's loud calls &never ever getting a half decent pic(end up with some body part or blurred pic)FINALLY !
325. Pygmy Cupwing(Pnoepyga pusilla) #BirdsSeenIn2022 @IndiAves

326. Crested Goshawk(Accipiter trivirgatus) , Arunachal #BirdsSeenin2022 @IndiAves #Birding