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Rikki Tikki Tavi II
May 7th, 2012
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Indian Black Francolin
April 11th, 2012
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There are six recognized subspecies of Black Francolin: F. f. francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Western Black Francolin – Cyprus, southern Turkey to Iraq and Iran F. f. arabistanicus (Zarudny and Harms, 1913) – Iranian Black Francolin – southern Iraq and western Iran F. f. asiae (Bonaparte, 1856) – Indian Black Francolin – northern India F. [...]
Indian Desert Cat
February 24th, 2012
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Also known as the Asiatic wildcat is one of the most endangered of the small “big cats” habitat loss and excessive hunting in the past for its characteristic spotted pelt has led to decline in this cat’s numbers in the wild. As with other wild cats, the risk of loss of genetic purity also looms [...]
The largest Pelican….
February 10th, 2012
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Dalmatian Pelican is the largest of the pelicans, averaging 160–180 cm (63-70 inches) in length, 11–15 kg (24-33 lbs) in weight and just over 3 m (10 ft) in wingspan. Tweet
A non-parasitic cuckoo: Sirkeer Malkoha
February 8th, 2012
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This cuckoo, like other Malkohas, is non-parasitic breeder – that is it builds it’s own nest and raises it’s own young… The scientific name of this bird commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour. Tweet
Phoenicopterus means Phoenix’s wing
January 25th, 2012
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Flamingos live until they are about 40 years old but only breed every five or six years. Non-breeding birds do not return to breeding sites until they are ready to breed again. This and rapid loss of habitat has put this bird in the near threatened list Tweet
Coming to land!
January 12th, 2012
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Long-legged Buzzards from the Balkan and Russia are mostly migratory and spend the winter in northern Afrika or in the Sahel. Some birds spend the winter in Hungary or Greece. Sometimes Long-legged Buzzards are seen farther in the west, for example in Austria and Germany. A map on Wikipedia shows that the ones found in [...]
They have ultra-violet vision!
January 10th, 2012
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A fact that I learnt today about this species today is that are able to see near ultraviolet light, allowing the birds to detect the urine trails around rodent burrows as they shine in an ultraviolet colour in the sunlight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Kestrel Tweet
European Roller
November 24th, 2011
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European Roller, Coracias garrulus is a long distance migrant and at times a few straggler can even reach up to Nagpur. This individual was however taken on our recent trip to Kutch, Gujarat. Tweet
The “Houbara” twitch
November 10th, 2011
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Twitch: a British term used to mean “the pursuit of a previously-located rare bird.” Wikipedia During our previous visit to Kutch, Gujarat, we had manage to photograph almost all the major bird species, however, the Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) had eluded us. Yes, we had managed to get a sighting but I was not happy [...]
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